Chalkboard Menu

Text-to-Image Text Rendering Photorealism

2 models were given the same prompt, and the community voted blind on which outputs looked best. How it works

This challenge forces models to use one consistent handwritten style across an entire dense menu instead of defaulting to clean printed text for the smaller details, a very common failure that reveals how well they actually understand and maintain stylistic coherence.

Blind Vote This Challenge

#1 — FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8

Prompt

“Handwritten-style chalkboard menu in a cozy café, all text rendered in the exact same realistic chalk handwriting style with natural variations in letter size, slight slant, and chalk texture — no printed or digital fonts anywhere on the board. Title at the top in elegant cursive chalk handwriting: ‘TODAY’S SPECIALS – APRIL 30, 2026’. Below it, three menu items also in the same handwritten chalk style: ‘Truffle Mushroom Risotto – $24’, ‘Grilled Octopus with Lemon & Herbs – $28’, ‘Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – $9’. At the very bottom, smaller text in the identical handwritten chalk style (slightly smaller but still clearly legible with the same handwriting characteristics): ‘All items made fresh daily • Ask about our gluten-free options’. Warm ambient café lighting, visible chalk dust and smudges, realistic handwriting imperfections, no clean printed text anywhere.”

Voters were asked to judge by Text Accuracy Handwriting Consistency Legibility Chalk Realism

Challenge Rankings

2 models

#	Model	Price	¢/img	Speed	Elo
1	FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 Black Forest Labs	Free	Free		1121
2	Qwen Image 2.0 Pro Alibaba	$$$	7.5¢		1105

FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 leads the challenge with a perfect 100% win rate and an Elo of 1121, maintaining stylistic coherence across dense text significantly better than its competitors. Despite the high complexity of the prompt, this free, "Very Fast" model maintains a 16-point Elo lead over the premium Qwen Image 2.0 Pro ($0.075/img).