Confused By Broken Letters In CapCut? Use ‘Edits’ With 26 Nepali Fonts
पुस ४, २०८२ १४:३९
Kathmandu: After the Indian government banned 58 Chinese apps, including TikTok, in June 2020 citing data security and privacy concerns, the impact was also felt by Nepali content creators. The video editing app CapCut, owned by ByteDance, was also banned in India.
After losing the Indian market of more than 200 million users, ByteDance stopped prioritizing the region. This directly affected support for the Devanagari script. Following the ban of TikTok and CapCut in India, Nepali users faced long-standing problems due to the lack of improvement in Devanagari fonts. Creators who wanted to use Nepali text in videos grew increasingly frustrated.
After Donald Trump assumed the presidency of the United States for the second time, TikTok and its related app CapCut were also banned there. Taking advantage of this situation, Meta launched its new video editing app, Edits. The app has proven effective for countries like Nepal and India that use the Devanagari script. Meta appears to have turned ByteDance’s market loss and font-related weakness into an opportunity.
Initially, CapCut gained popularity as an affordable alternative for video editing. Features such as watermark removal, effects, transitions, and sound effects attracted many users. However, in recent times, excessive advertisements and the push toward a paid premium version have made the app cumbersome. For Nepali users, the biggest issue remains the font.
CapCut’s mobile app does not properly support Devanagari fonts. On the desktop version, fonts other than Yantramanav and Poppins often display broken characters. Even after downloading and installing fonts manually, users continue to face text corruption issues.
To address this problem, Meta’s Edits currently offers 26 Devanagari fonts. Nepali text does not break, and even the default font appears clean and visually appealing. As a result, Edits has become a more practical option than CapCut for Nepali creators who prioritize accurate fonts.
Meta is aggressively expanding Edits in the global market, focusing on countries where TikTok is banned, including India. The head of Instagram has publicly stated that videos edited using Edits receive greater richness. Meta has also made Edits free worldwide to compete directly with TikTok.
When comparing CapCut and Edits, Meta’s app appears more user-friendly in several areas. CapCut templates are useful mainly for TikTok but come with watermarks and ads. Many transitions and effects require payment. In contrast, Edits currently offers its UI, effects, and transitions for free. It also includes a “plus” icon feature that allows users to save content ideas while watching other videos and revisit them later.
Edits is also considered safer in terms of copyright and music. Using TikTok music edited through CapCut on Facebook or Instagram often risks copyright claims. Since Edits is part of Meta’s ecosystem, the music, sound effects, memes, and comedy audio available on the app are safe for Facebook and Instagram reels. Features such as background removal, voice-over, and text animation are also easily accessible.
The option to directly share edited videos to Facebook and Instagram, or save them to a device, has further increased its appeal. Even CapCut’s premium teleprompter is limited to 3,000 characters and three minutes. Edits, however, has no such restriction, making it a reliable option for creators who rely on teleprompters.
ByteDance’s neglect of Devanagari font support after losing the Indian market disappointed Nepali users. Meta has targeted that gap by launching Edits with 26 Devanagari fonts, providing significant relief to Nepali content creators. The company also appears to be expanding its font library further.
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