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Jenson AI image prompts

Nicolas Jenson's 1470 Venetian roman — the archetypal humanist serif and, for many, the most beautiful roman type ever cut. Warm, even, and unmistakably drawn from the broad-nib pen. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Jenson vocabulary.

Type specimen — Jenson (Venetian humanist serif); shown in Cormorant, a close match (OFL)

Copy-ready prompts

Midjourney
a typographic specimen poster in the Jenson style, jenson, venetian roman, humanist serif, sloping e bar, oblique stress, bracketed serifs, incunabula, centaur revival, humanist, old-style, bracketed-serif, oblique-stress, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A typographic specimen poster in the Jenson style. Emphasize jenson, venetian roman, humanist serif, sloping e bar, oblique stress, bracketed serifs, incunabula, centaur revival. The mood is humanist, old-style, bracketed-serif, oblique-stress. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a typographic specimen poster in the Jenson style, jenson, venetian roman, humanist serif, sloping e bar, oblique stress, bracketed serifs, incunabula, centaur revival, humanist, old-style, bracketed-serif, oblique-stress, highly detailed, sharp focus
Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed

Jenson keyword vocabulary

Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.

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