We asked Ideogram V3 for 31 lines of text across 12 images and kept every image it made. 19 lines came out exact, 5 with the wrong capitals and 7 with wrong letters.
ExactExact
Wrong capitalsWrong capitals
Wrong lettersWrong letters
Start with Ideogram 4.0, the newer and cheaper model. On the poster and the label it got 11 of 12 lines exact, where V3 got 9 of 16. This page tests V3 because only V3 has style types, presets and a negative prompt. Try Ideogram 4.0
A wordmark
A wordmark logo for a specialty coffee roaster. The words "HALDEN & OAK" in a custom high-contrast serif, with the line "COFFEE ROASTERS · EST. 2019" in small spaced capitals underneath. Black ink on warm off-white paper, centered, generous margins, no other graphics.
Ideogram V3 · 1:1, Balanced, 3 images
All three spelled both lines. Two of them set the name in title case, though the prompt asked for capitals.
Image 1 of 3
Requested, then rendered1 of 2 exact
Wrong capitals
HALDEN & OAK
Came out as Halden & Oak
Exact
COFFEE ROASTERS · EST. 2019
Image 2 of 3
Requested, then rendered2 of 2 exact
Exact
HALDEN & OAK
Exact
COFFEE ROASTERS · EST. 2019
Image 3 of 3
Requested, then rendered1 of 2 exact
Wrong capitals
HALDEN & OAK
Came out as Halden & Oak
Exact
COFFEE ROASTERS · EST. 2019
An event poster
A Swiss-style concert poster. A huge bold sans-serif headline "NORTHSIDE JAZZ WEEK" stacked on three lines, on a cobalt blue background with one orange circle. Smaller text at the bottom reads "12-15 JUNE 2027", "HARBOUR HALL, ROTTERDAM" and "4 NIGHTS · 24 BANDS". Flat print, strict grid layout.
Ideogram V3 · 3:4, Balanced, 2 images
Neither V3 poster got all four lines. The first ran two lines of small print into each other. The second let the orange circle eat two letters of the headline. Ideogram 4.0 set the small print right but put a stray mark in WEEK. A safety filter blocked its second image.
Image 1 of 2
Small print, enlarged
Requested, then rendered2 of 4 exact
Exact
NORTHSIDE JAZZ WEEK
Exact
12-15 JUNE 2027
Wrong letters
HARBOUR HALL, ROTTERDAM
Came out as HARBOUR HALL, ROTTIAIT
Wrong letters
4 NIGHTS · 24 BANDS
Came out as 4 NIGHTBTERDAM
Image 2 of 2
Requested, then rendered3 of 4 exact
Wrong letters
NORTHSIDE JAZZ WEEK
Came out as NOR TS:DE JAZZ WEEK
Exact
12-15 JUNE 2027
Exact
HARBOUR HALL, ROTTERDAM
Exact
4 NIGHTS · 24 BANDS
The same prompt on Ideogram 4.0
Ideogram 4.0 · 3:4, Balanced, 2 images
Image 1 of 2
Requested, then rendered3 of 4 exact
Wrong letters
NORTHSIDE JAZZ WEEK
Came out as NORTHSIDE JAZZ WEE!K
Exact
12-15 JUNE 2027
Exact
HARBOUR HALL, ROTTERDAM
Exact
4 NIGHTS · 24 BANDS
A social post with a headline
An Instagram post for a meal-prep brand. Top half: an overhead photo of four glass containers of colorful dinners on a pale green table. Bottom half: the bold headline "5 DINNERS. 1 HOUR." and below it "Sunday prep, sorted." in a friendly rounded sans-serif. A small handle "@greenline.kitchen" in the bottom corner.
Ideogram V3 · 1:1, Balanced, 2 images
Every letter is right in both, handle included. Both changed the headline's capitals, so fix the case in your prompt or your editor.
Image 1 of 2
Requested, then rendered2 of 3 exact
Wrong capitals
5 DINNERS. 1 HOUR.
Came out as 5 dinners. 1 hour.
Exact
Sunday prep, sorted.
Exact
@greenline.kitchen
Image 2 of 2
Requested, then rendered2 of 3 exact
Wrong capitals
5 DINNERS. 1 HOUR.
Came out as 5 Dinners. 1 Hour.
Exact
Sunday prep, sorted.
Exact
@greenline.kitchen
A product label
Product photo of a hot sauce bottle on a dark slate surface. The cream paper label has a woodcut-style ship illustration and reads "GHOST HARBOR" in bold condensed capitals, "Smoked Habanero Hot Sauce" in script, and "SMALL BATCH NO. 07" and "5 FL OZ (148 mL)" in small print at the bottom. Soft studio light.
Ideogram V3 · 3:4, Balanced, 2 images
On V3 the brand name came out right on both bottles, and the volume line, the smallest text, came out wrong on both. Ideogram 4.0 got every line right on both, small print included. Still check legal small print letter by letter.
Image 1 of 2
Small print, enlarged
Requested, then rendered2 of 4 exact
Exact
GHOST HARBOR
Wrong capitals
Smoked Habanero Hot Sauce
Came out as Smoked Habanero hot sauce
Exact
SMALL BATCH NO. 07
Wrong letters
5 FL OZ (148 mL)
Came out as 5 FFL OZ ((48 ML)
Image 2 of 2
Small print, enlarged
Requested, then rendered2 of 4 exact
Exact
GHOST HARBOR
Exact
Smoked Habanero Hot Sauce
Wrong letters
SMALL BATCH NO. 07
Came out as SMALL BATCH NO.
Wrong letters
5 FL OZ (148 mL)
Came out as 5 FL OZZ (ML)
The same prompt on Ideogram 4.0
Ideogram 4.0 · 3:4, Balanced, 2 images
Image 1 of 2
Small print, enlarged
Requested, then rendered4 of 4 exact
Exact
GHOST HARBOR
Exact
Smoked Habanero Hot Sauce
Exact
SMALL BATCH NO. 07
Exact
5 FL OZ (148 mL)
Image 2 of 2
Small print, enlarged
Requested, then rendered4 of 4 exact
Exact
GHOST HARBOR
Exact
Smoked Habanero Hot Sauce
Exact
SMALL BATCH NO. 07
Exact
5 FL OZ (148 mL)
A sign or mural
A large painted mural on a red brick wall beside a city park, with the words "GROW WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED" in tall rounded letters filled with leaves and flowers. A person on a bike rides past for scale. Midday sun.
Ideogram V3 · 16:9, Balanced, 1 image, then 2
The first run dropped the R from YOU'RE. The same prompt, run again for two images, spelled it right both times. When a word comes out wrong, run it again before you rewrite the prompt.
Run 1
Requested, then rendered0 of 1 exact
Wrong letters
GROW WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED
Came out as GROW WHERE YOU'E PLANTED
Run 2, image 1 of 2
Requested, then rendered1 of 1 exact
Exact
GROW WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED
Run 2, image 2 of 2
Requested, then rendered1 of 1 exact
Exact
GROW WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED
How to get the words right
Put the words in quotes
Write every line of text in double quotes and say where it goes. Keep each line short.
Big words hold up best
5 of the 7 lines with wrong letters were small print. Keep the words that must be exact large in the frame.
Check the capitals
5 lines came back in title or lower case. Every letter was right, but the case was not what the prompt asked for.
Run it again first
A run makes up to four images. The mural's missing R was gone on the next run, with the same prompt.
One prompt, one seed,eight styles.
The image tool has a style type and a style preset setting. Set one or the other, not both. These eight images share a prompt and a seed, so only the style changed.
A poster for a city cycling day with the headline "RIDE THE CITY" and the line "SUNDAY 4 MAY · CAR-FREE STREETS". A cyclist crossing a bridge.
Style type
Auto
ExactBoth lines exact
General
ExactBoth lines exact
Realistic
Wrong lettersDot set as a diamond
Design
ExactBoth lines exact
Style preset
Bauhaus
Wrong lettersDot set as a dash
Vintage poster
ExactBoth lines exact
Pop art
Wrong capitalsAll lowercase
Woodblock print
ExactBoth lines exact
Auto and Design made the same image for this prompt and seed. The other 58 presets include Art deco, Blueprint, Watercolor and Travel poster.
Three speeds,one badge.
Turbo is the fastest and cheapest. Quality is the slowest and costs the most. Balanced is the default. At all three speeds, this badge spelled every word.
Turbo
Fastest
Balanced
Default
Quality
Slowest
A round enamel pin badge for a hiking club. Text around the rim reads "PEAKS & PINES HIKING CLUB" and the center reads "EST. 2024" under a mountain icon. Flat vector, three colors, on a plain white background.
At this size the three are hard to tell apart, and Turbo costs less. Try Turbo for drafts and Quality for the final.
Ideogram V3in numbers.
Made by
Ideogram
Input
A text prompt of up to 2,000 characters. No reference images.
Aspect ratio
1:1, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 or 9:16. 9:16 unless you change it.
Output size
1024 × 1024 at 1:1, 864 × 1152 at 3:4 and 1312 × 736 at 16:9, as made for this page
Images per run
1 to 4
Style type
Auto, General, Realistic or Design
Style preset
62 presets, used instead of a style type
Rendering speed
Turbo, Balanced or Quality. Balanced unless you change it.
Seed
In the advanced settings. Leave it empty for a random result.
Simple pricing that scales with you.
Pick the plan for how much you post. Every model on every plan. Unused credits roll over. Cancel anytime.
Ideogram is an image model from Ideogram, Inc. It is known for spelling the words you ask for, which suits logos, posters and labels.
Both Ideogram 4.0 and Ideogram V3 are in the image tool. Most designs on this page are V3, which you find under legacy models, and the poster and the label also ran on 4.0. V3 adds style types, 62 style presets and a negative prompt. Ideogram 4.0 is the newer model and takes the same prompts, aspect ratios and speeds.
Ideogram's own site has its own plans, including a free plan with weekly credits where every image you make is public. In Sceneform you get Ideogram V3 and 4.0 on the same plan as the other image and video models, plus the image editor for the last fixes.
Put the words in double quotes in your prompt and say where they go. Keep each quoted line short. Then check every letter: on this page, 12 of 31 requested lines came out with a wrong letter or wrong capitals.
Plans start at $19 a month, which covers about 250 Ideogram V3 images at Turbo, or about 500 with Ideogram 4.0. Ideogram V3 costs 2 credits per image at Turbo, 4 at Balanced and 5 at Quality. Ideogram 4.0 costs 1 at Turbo or Balanced and 2 at Quality. The image tool shows the cost before you generate.
Yes. Every Sceneform plan includes commercial usage rights for what you make.
No. In Sceneform, Ideogram works from a text prompt only. To change an image you already have, open it in the image editor.
Small print goes wrong most often. Make the important words large, run two to four images, and keep the one that reads right. Fix a last stray letter in an image editor.
Recraft and Nano Banana Pro are in the same image tool. Try the same prompt on each and keep the one that reads right.
Style type sets the broad look: Auto, General, Realistic or Design. A style preset, such as Bauhaus or Pop art, sets a specific look, and there are 62 of them. Use a style type or a preset, not both.
1:1, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 and 9:16. The image tool starts at 9:16, so pick 1:1 for a logo or a social post.
