Text rendering
Ideogram 4.5 text in images
Start with your exact words. See a poster, a product label and a rewritten date line, including the extra text the model added.
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Tea tin with a two-line label1:1 · high2026-10-10
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Can Ideogram 4.5 put readable text in an image?
In our three runs with words, yes. A poster title and its smaller line, a two-line tin label, and a rewritten poster line all came out spelled as quoted. The model also invented text: the poster gained “RIVERSIDE PLAZA” and “NOODLES · SKEWERS · TEA”. The label prompt ended with “No other text” and came back with none. Three pictures is a small sample.
- Pictures with words
- 3
- Quoted lines spelled right
- 5 of 5
- Unrequested lines added
- 2, on one poster
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Text we asked for, and what came back
Made through fal.ai on October 10, 2026. The label ran at high quality ($0.22 at the API, 55 credits here); the poster and its edit at medium ($0.06, 15 credits).
Scene 01
Tea tin with a two-line label
Requested: A tea tin labelled “JASMINE GREEN” and “Loose leaf · 100 g”, with no other text. Observed: Both lines are spelled as quoted and no extra text appears, at high quality. Limitation: Two loose tea leaves beside the tin were not requested.
Prompt
Product photograph of an unbranded square tea tin on a pale wooden table. The label reads "JASMINE GREEN" in large serif capitals, with a smaller line "Loose leaf · 100 g" underneath, dark green ink on a cream label. Soft daylight. No other text, no logos.
- Model
- Ideogram 4.5
- Settings
- 1:1 · high · 1024×1024
- Generated
- 2026-10-10
- Took
- 12 s
- Provider cost
- $0.22
- Here
- 55 credits
- Request
- 01a12622-2b22-7d01-8395-c6920173e032
Scene 02
Night market poster with lettering
Requested: A three-colour poster reading “NIGHT MARKET” and “Every Friday 6 pm”. Observed: Both lines are spelled as quoted, with paper grain. Limitation: The model added “RIVERSIDE PLAZA” and “NOODLES · SKEWERS · TEA” without being asked.
Prompt
Screen-printed poster for a fictional event. Large hand-lettered title reading "NIGHT MARKET" and a smaller line reading "Every Friday 6 pm". Flat illustration of paper lanterns and food stalls in three colours: deep blue, warm red and cream. Visible paper grain.
- Model
- Ideogram 4.5
- Settings
- 3:4 · medium · 864×1152
- Generated
- 2026-10-10
- Took
- 17 s
- Provider cost
- $0.06
- Here
- 15 credits
- Request
- 01a12620-77c7-78f2-bd32-5f26ab59a30b
Scene 03
Poster line changed to Saturday 7 pm
Requested: Change the date line to “Every Saturday 7 pm” while preserving the design. Observed: The wording changed in the same lettering; the title and illustration look similar. Limitation: The result is not pixel-identical. Our JPEG comparison measured an average difference of 3.25 out of 255; inspect the editing guide for the method and limits.
Prompt
Change the smaller line to read "Every Saturday 7 pm". Keep the title, the lettering style, the illustration, the colours and the paper grain exactly as they are.
- Model
- Ideogram 4.5
- Settings
- 3:4 · medium · 864×1152
- Generated
- 2026-10-10
- Took
- 23 s
- Provider cost
- $0.06
- Here
- 15 credits
- Request
- 01a12621-c390-77c2-b54e-ce01db369544
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Check the words before you use the design
Quote the exact lines
Write the headline and each smaller line in quotation marks. Include dates, punctuation and capitalisation as they should appear.
Check for extra copy
Inspect the whole design. Our poster added a location and a food list that the prompt did not request, even though its quoted lines were correct.
Inspect at the intended size
Read the smallest line at the size you plan to post or print. We tested short English lines only, not paragraphs or multilingual layouts.
Edit or start again
For a one-line correction, upload the result in the image editor. Every new run has its own credit cost; this site does not provide automatic text checking or editable text layers.
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Questions about text
How do I stop the model adding its own text?
Say “No other text”. The one prompt that said so came back clean; the one that did not gained two lines. That is one run each, so treat it as a tip, not a rule.
Can it change text that is already in a picture?
In one run it rewrote “Every Friday 6 pm” as “Every Saturday 7 pm” in the same lettering. The surrounding poster looked similar but was not pixel-identical. Inspect the source and the measured changes in the editing guide.
Does it handle small text?
The smallest text we ran is the second line of the tin label, which was readable at 1,024 × 1,024. We have not tested paragraphs or very small type.
Does it work in other languages?
We ran English only, so we cannot say.