Base9I 1 Thumbnail Font

Base9I 1 is a bold display font supplied as an OTF file inside a thumbnail font pack. It is designed for the kind of short, punchy text that sits on top of a thumbnail image and has to stay legible when the video is shown as a tiny card in a feed. Because it is a standard OpenType file, it installs like any other font on Windows or macOS and then appears in the font menus of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Canva, CapCut and DaVinci Resolve. That makes it easy to keep a consistent title style across your thumbnails and your video overlays. Use it for headline words, numbers and short callouts rather than long paragraphs. Pair it with a contrasting lighter font for secondary text, and add a stroke or drop shadow so the letters stay separated from busy backgrounds.

How to use this resource

Install the OTF file by double-clicking it and choosing Install (Windows) or using Font Book (macOS), then restart your editing app. In Photoshop, Canva or Premiere Pro, select the Base9I 1 font for your title layer and keep text short and large. Add a stroke or shadow so the text stays readable over busy thumbnail images.