Large-scale text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models excel at open-domain synthesis but still struggle with precise text rendering, especially for multi-line layouts, dense typography, and long-tailed scripts such as Chinese. Prior solutions typically require costly retraining or rigid external layout constraints, which can degrade aesthetics and limit flexibility. We propose \textbf{FreeText}, a training-free, plug-and-play framework that improves text rendering by exploiting intrinsic mechanisms of \emph{Diffusion Transformer (DiT)} models. \textbf{FreeText} decomposes the problem into \emph{where to write} and \emph{what to write}. For \emph{where to write}, we localize writing regions by reading token-wise spatial attribution from endogenous image-to-text attention, using sink-like tokens as stable spatial anchors and topology-aware refinement to produce high-confidence masks. For \emph{what to write}, we introduce Spectral-Modulated Glyph Injection (SGMI), which injects a noise-aligned glyph prior with frequency-domain band-pass modulation to strengthen glyph structure and suppress semantic leakage (rendering the concept instead of the word). Extensive experiments on Qwen-Image, FLUX.1-dev, and SD3 variants across longText-Benchmark, CVTG, and our CLT-Bench show consistent gains in text readability while largely preserving semantic alignment and aesthetic quality, with modest inference overhead.
GlyphBanana: Advancing Precise Text Rendering Through Agentic Workflows
Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学);Xiaohongshu Inc.(小红书公司);Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(香港科技大学);Southeast University(东南大学);South China University of Technology(华南理工大学)
First Creating Backgrounds Then Rendering Texts: A New Paradigm for Visual Text Blending
Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院信息工程研究所);School of Cyber Security, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学网络空间安全学院);College of Computer Science, Nankai University(南开大学计算机学院)
GlyphPrinter: Region-Grouped Direct Preference Optimization for Glyph-Accurate Visual Text Rendering
Institute of Big Data, College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Fudan University(大数据研究院,计算机科学与人工智能学院,复旦大学);Generative AI Lab, College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University(生成式人工智能实验室,计算与数据科学学院,南洋理工大学)
InnoAds-Composer: Efficient Condition Composition for E-Commerce Poster Generation
JD.com, Inc.(京东公司);Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications(重庆邮电大学);The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(香港科学与技术大学);Zhejiang University(浙江大学)
TextCtrl: Diffusion-based Scene Text Editing with Prior Guidance Control
Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院信息工程研究所);School of Cyber Security, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学网络空间安全学院);College of Computer Science, Nankai University(南开大学计算机学院)
TIQA: Human-Aligned Perceptual Text Quality Assessment in Generated Images
Lomonosov Moscow State University(洛蒙诺索夫莫斯科国立大学);ISP RAS Research Center for Trusted Artificial Intelligence(俄罗斯科学院信息与系统研究所在可信人工智能领域研究中心);MSU Institute for Artificial Intelligence(莫斯科大学人工智能研究所)
UTDesign: A Unified Framework for Stylized Text Editing and Generation in Graphic Design Images
Wangxuan Institute of Computer Technology, Peking University(北京大学王轩计算机技术研究所);State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, Peking University(北京大学通用人工智能国家重点实验室)
TextAlign: Preference Alignment for Text Rendering with Hierarchical Rewards
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence(莫扎德·穆萨大学人工智能学院);Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation(中国科学院自动化研究所);Northeastern University(东北大学);The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)(香港科学与技术大学(广州))
TextFake: Benchmarking AI-Generated Image Detection on Text-Rich Images
School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学网络科学与技术学院);Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Digital Security(安徽省数字安全重点实验室);Individual Researcher(独立研究者)