Ideogram text-in-image prompt builder
Most image models mangle text — letters blur, words misspell, and signage turns to gibberish. Ideogram is the exception: it was trained to render typography, so it can put readable words on posters, logos, mugs, and shop signs. The catch is that it works best when you tell it exactly which characters to draw. This builder wraps your text in quotation marks and adds the font and placement cues Ideogram responds to.
How it works
The tool composes a single descriptive prompt in the order Ideogram reads best: the subject or scene first, then the exact text in quotes with an optional font-style hint, a placement descriptor, and finally the background style. It appends a short legibility instruction — “crisp legible lettering, accurate spelling, high contrast text” — that nudges the model toward clean output. Quotation marks are the key signal: they mark the literal string Ideogram should reproduce rather than reinterpret.
Tips for clean lettering
- Keep text short. One to seven words render reliably; full sentences invite spelling errors.
- Name a font style, not a font file. “Bold sans-serif” or “retro vintage” steers the look; you cannot upload a specific typeface.
- Pick a placement. Telling Ideogram the text is “centered as the focal point” or “on a sign” reduces awkward overlaps with the subject.
- Regenerate for spelling. Even Ideogram occasionally drops a letter. If the text is off by one character, reroll rather than rewriting the whole prompt.