GPT Image 2 text can become part of an illustration: a painted shop sign, lettering on a book cover or a short phrase worked into a picture. Getting an attractive result and getting the exact words are separate checks. A convincing design can still contain a missing letter, an unwanted extra line or text that becomes unreadable when you share it.
OpenAI documents GPT Image 2 as an image generation and editing model. Its image-generation guide also acknowledges continuing limitations in text placement, clarity and precise composition. Plan the wording before generating the picture, then check the words in the finished file.
Write the copy before describing the style
Decide what the image must say in a plain text note. Check the spelling there first, including names, accents and punctuation. Keep that note as the reference for every version.
Give each piece of text a role. A headline needs different treatment from a small caption, and a shop name painted into a scene needs different treatment from information placed over the picture. Describe where each belongs instead of asking for “professional typography” and leaving the arrangement unresolved.
Here is an illustrative brief for GPT Image 2 through SeedRouter that separates the requested words from the scene:
Create an illustrated book cover showing a small red rowing boat on a still lake at dusk. Place the exact title “The Quiet Shore” once across the open sky in large cream lettering. Place the exact author name “Mara Ellis” once near the bottom in smaller lettering. Keep both text areas clear of the boat and shoreline. Do not add a subtitle, publisher name, review quote or other words.
Replace the sample title and author with your approved copy. Keep the full wording unchanged as you revise the scene, and inspect the result before using it.
For an unusual name, identify the exact spelling explicitly. When a line must break in a particular place, describe that break. You can also state how many times a phrase should appear. These instructions make your intention easier to check; they do not guarantee exact rendering.
Give GPT Image 2 text enough space to be read
Match the amount of copy to the picture’s final use. If a cover will appear as a small thumbnail, use that thumbnail size when judging the title. Zooming in until you can decipher every letter does not tell you whether someone scrolling past can read it.
Avoid solving every readability problem by increasing the image dimensions. First inspect the layout. Is the lettering against a busy background? Does a decorative stroke make two letters look alike? Has a long name been squeezed into a narrow corner?
Those failures call for different revisions. Ask for a calmer area behind the words, a simpler letter style or a wider text area, depending on what you can actually see. Preserve the approved wording while changing its presentation.
For a dense passage, prepare the art without the passage and add the text in a layout editor. This gives you direct control over line breaks and corrections. Keep the editable project file as well as the exported image, so changing a sentence later does not require recreating the artwork.
Proofread the letters separately from the illustration
Open the downloaded result beside your original text note. Read every line against that note rather than relying on your memory of the request. Check repeated words, omitted punctuation and names that look plausible at a glance.
Then look for words you never requested. A book-cover concept might include a decorative endorsement or publisher line that was absent from the brief. Remove invented statements before treating the picture as a finished design.
Make a second pass at the intended display size. Spelling and readability are different problems: the letters can be correct yet disappear against the background. Review the version you will actually post, including its crop, rather than approving only the full-size source.
If you move the same brief to GPT Image 2 through reAPI, carry over the exact copy and the layout requirements. Compare each result with the text note. Switching interfaces does not remove the need to inspect the lettering, and a visually different result deserves a fresh check.
Choose a repair that preserves what already works
For a small correction, request the exact replacement and identify the part of the image to retain. Save the original before making the edit, then compare the surrounding artwork as well as the repaired word.
If successive attempts keep changing a good composition, stop regenerating the whole design. Keep the illustration, clear the faulty text area in an editor and add the approved wording as editable type. This is especially useful when you expect further wording changes.
On a website, consider whether the words should be ordinary page text. W3C’s accessibility guidance recommends text instead of images of text when the same presentation can be achieved that way, subject to its stated exceptions. Ordinary text lets readers adjust its presentation. A heading above the artwork also remains straightforward to update.
For artwork shared as an image, place essential information in the accompanying written post too. A stylised title can belong in the picture while the description carries a readable version of the details.
GPT Image 2 text is ready to use when the wording matches the approved copy and people can read it at the size they will see. Keep the illustration if it works, and use editable typography wherever that gives you a more dependable finish.
