Titlers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Operators or devices that produce the on-screen text such as credits, captions and headings in film or video production
2. Those who design and add the lettering that appears over moving pictures, or the equipment used to generate it
3. Persons or machines responsible for creating the printed or displayed title graphics used in motion picture work

Etymology: "Titlers" is the plural of "titler," which is formed from "title" with the agent suffix "-er," so a titler is a person or thing that titles, that is, one who gives a title to something. The word is a straightforward formation on an existing English base, and its meaning follows directly from the suffix.