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Text overlays that stay on brand across every video

A reusable text overlay is a saved position, typeface, size and colour with the words left blank. You fill the words per video and everything else stays fixed, which is what makes twenty videos read as one account rather than twenty attempts.

Look at any account that reads as professional and you will find the same three text elements in the same three places, video after video. That consistency is not discipline. It is a saved layout.

The three that matter

  • The hook — the line that stops the scroll. Upper third, largest type, changes every video.
  • The handle — your @, small, low in the frame, identical every time. This is the one that compounds.
  • The call to action — 'comment GUIDE', 'link in bio'. Present only when you want it.

Placeholders, not text

The mistake is saving a template with the words in it, then editing the words each time. Two things drift: someone eventually retypes the handle with a typo, and the font size gets nudged to fit a longer hook.

A placeholder avoids both. The layer holds the style and the position; the words come from the copy for that video. Nobody touches the size, so it cannot drift.

Where to put them

ElementVertical positionWhy there
Hook25–35% from the topBelow the status bar, above the thumb
Handle~75% from the topAbove the caption, clear of the buttons
CTA~65% from the topRead after the hook, before the caption

All three avoid the bottom 420 pixels and the right 180, where the interface sits — see vertical video dimensions for the full safe area.

Fonts are part of the layout

A saved position with the wrong typeface still looks off-brand. If you have brand faces, upload them once and use them everywhere; if you do not, pick one and keep it. Changing the typeface is the single fastest way to make a consistent feed look inconsistent.

Easy Reels saves overlays as reusable Designs with per-video placeholders, and Ultra takes your own .ttf and .otf files so the brand face is the one on screen.

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