WORDS → VECTOR
There are two different jobs behind “text to SVG”, and mixing them up wastes money. If you already typed the words in a design app, you need to outline them — a one-click step that needs no converter. If you have words and no artwork, you need a drawing engine that turns a description into vector shapes. This page does the second job.
Reviewed by the AISVG Pro editorial team · Updated 2026-10-24 · How these tools are tested
THE TOOL, WITHOUT GUESSWORK
| Input | English description, 8–800 characters |
|---|---|
| Output | SVG with closed paths, plus DXF and PNG |
| Engine | Ideogram Vector 1.0 |
| Cost | 100 credits per run (US$0.99 at Starter) |
| Typical time | 15–30 seconds |
| Refund | automatic when a run fails |
Numbers above describe this implementation, not a generic promise. If a limit here disagrees with the tool, the tool is the bug — report it to [email protected].
One job is conversion: the words already exist as live text in a design file, and a cutter cannot follow a font. The fix is one command in your editor, not a web tool.
Illustrator: Type → Create Outlines
Inkscape: Path → Object to Path
Affinity Designer: Layer → Convert to Curves
Cricut Design Space: it outlines text automatically when you upload, but keeps letters as separate shapes
The other job is generation: you have the words and nothing else. That is what this page does — it draws the artwork, including the lettering, as vector shapes.
A flat vector file: closed, filled paths with a small palette. There is no font embedded and no text element — every letter is geometry, which is precisely what makes it cuttable.
It does not return layers grouped by colour. You get one artwork; the colour chips in the preview come from counting the actual fills in the file. If you need separated layers for a multi-colour cut, split them in your editor or use a layered template instead.
Lettering is the hardest thing to generate, because a vector engine draws shapes rather than setting type. Four rules cover most of it:
Name the exact words in quotes, and keep them short. Two or three words survive; a full sentence usually does not.
Say where the text sits: “centred”, “in a ring”, “under the icon”.
Describe the letterform, not the font: “bold condensed caps”, “flowing script”, “block serif”.
Ask for one emphasis: “single colour”, “two colours, black and rust”.
Spelling is final. The preview is the check — read every letter at full size before you download, because the file is not editable afterwards.
No, and asking for one usually produces a worse result. The engine draws the letters it thinks you described; it does not load a named typeface, so “Bebas Neue” comes back as “bold condensed sans” at best.
For a design that must match a licensed font, set the type yourself and outline it. That also keeps the licence terms clean: converting text to outlines is still a use of the typeface under its licence.
You are responsible for what you ask for. Generated lettering can accidentally resemble a trademark or a known brand mark, and no engine checks that for you.
Practical rule: run a quick trademark search on any name you plan to sell under, avoid well-known slogans, and do not ask for “in the style of” a living designer or a brand. The acceptable-use page states the same limits.
One text run is 100 credits — US$0.99 at the Starter rate of US$9.90 for 1,000 credits, or about US$0.90 on the Studio pack. Credits do not expire.
The charge happens before the engine call and is refunded automatically if the generation fails. A result you simply do not like is not a failed run — read the preview before downloading, and regenerate only when the shape is wrong, not when the colour is.
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