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Updated 2026-10-02
Design a poster with real text using Ideogram (not the melted-font method)
Ideogram handles letterforms better than most. A few constraints get you a printable quote poster instead of gibberish.
Posters live or die on the words. Most image models render text as decorative noise; Ideogram is the one I trust for a short, readable headline.
Keep the text short and centered in the prompt: 'minimalist poster, bold headline reading TIME IS A VERB, deep blue background, lots of negative space.' Long sentences still break, so say less.
Generate a few, then take the best into a normal design tool only if you need perfect kerning. For social posts the raw output is often good enough.
Avoid asking for multiple lines of small text. One strong phrase wins every time over a paragraph the model will mangle.