Lettered posters
Your line lettered around your dish in one of five layouts: arch, circle, rounded, torn or band. The dish in the middle is the photo you took.
Servestack Studio · Free + credits
Food poster maker
One dish, one line in your own words, set like a poster you'd hang in the window.
$49/month600 credits includedCancel anytime
A food poster is the loudest thing a restaurant makes. It isn't a menu and it isn't a price list. It's one dish and one line, big enough to stop someone on the sidewalk or mid-scroll. Most owners can pick the dish and write the line. Setting the words so they look designed is where it stalls.
Studio's "Your words, lettered" handles that part. Write a short line, choose a layout (arch, circle, rounded, torn or band) and the words are lettered like a poster around your real dish photo. For a bigger scene, two AI designs, Masthead Float and Ingredient Halo, set your dish in a full poster composition. When you just need something clean and quick, the free chef's pick and dish spotlight designs are ready to go.
The posters here were made for Boston Pizza in Norwell and Sunnyside Cafe in Randolph, with their own photos and their own words.
Real examples
Made with the food poster maker
Each one was made in Studio for a real Servestack restaurant, from its own photos and menu.
Shown with permission: Sunnyside Cafe (Randolph, MA) and Boston Pizza (Norwell, MA).
How it works
How to use the food poster maker
Choose the dish
Pick the dish photo you want on the poster. A clean shot with some space around the plate leaves room for the words.
Write your line and pick a layout
Type a short line in your own words, then choose arch, circle, rounded, torn or band. Or go with an AI design: Masthead Float or Ingredient Halo.
Post it or print it
Check the poster and adjust the words, then post it, schedule it or download it for the window, the counter or a stack of flyers.
What you can make
Every format, from one dish
AI poster designs
Masthead Float and Ingredient Halo set your real dish in a poster-style scene and come out as 2:3 posters. Save them for launches and seasonal dishes.
Chef's pick and dish spotlight
Free, clean layouts for one dish with its name and menu description. The everyday poster, for when you don't need lettering.
Flyers and window posters
Download any poster to print. A lettered poster makes a strong flyer for the counter or a community board down the street.
Why Studio
What makes it different
Your words, not a slogan machine
Studio letters the line you write. It doesn't invent taglines, so the poster sounds like you and only says what's true.
The dish is real on every poster
Lettering and AI scenes are built around your own photo. The food is never generated, restyled into something else or swapped for a better-looking stock plate.
Built around a single plate
General poster makers are built for yard sales and concerts. These layouts are built around one dish, which is what a food poster should be selling.
Free + credits
Lettered posters and AI designs use credits from the 600 included each month. Chef's pick and dish spotlight designs use no credits.
How to write the line on a food poster
- Keep it to about six words. A poster is read in a glance, not studied.
- Say something only your restaurant can say: the neighborhood, the oven, how long you've made the recipe, the day it's available.
- Use the dish name when it already sounds good. "Steak & Cheese" does more work than "Taste the Flavor."
- Skip claims you can't back up. "Best in town" gets an eye-roll; "Made fresh every morning" gets a visit, if it's true.
- Read it out loud. If it sounds like an ad, rewrite it until it sounds like something you'd say to a regular.
Picking a layout for your dish
Round food like pizza, bowls and skillets suits arch and circle, because the words can follow the shape of the plate. Long or tall food, like a sub or a stacked sandwich, often sits better with band or rounded. Torn fits a casual dish with a loud line.
If you can't decide, make two versions and post the one you'd stop scrolling for. Keep the other for the window.
Food poster or food flyer?
They can be the same design. The poster goes in the window or up by the register, where people see it on the way in. The flyer is the one you leave by the door or hand out at a local event, for people who want to take something home.
Download the design once and have your local print shop run it at both sizes. Keep the dish big and the line short, and it will read at either one.
FAQsFrequently asked
Frequently asked
questions
What is "Your words, lettered"?
It's a Studio feature that letters a line you write around your real dish photo, like a hand-set poster. You choose the layout: arch, circle, rounded, torn or band.
Do food posters use credits?
Lettered posters and the Masthead Float and Ingredient Halo AI designs use credits. Chef's pick and dish spotlight designs are free, and the $49 plan includes 600 credits a month.
Will the AI change how my food looks?
No. Every poster is built around your own photo. AI can set the scene around the dish, but the dish is never generated or swapped.
Can I use a food poster as a flyer?
Yes. Download any poster and print it as a flyer, a window poster or a counter sign.
What size are the posters?
AI designs come out as 2:3 posters. The lettered posters shown here are 4:5, the feed post size, and every design can be downloaded for print.
Does Studio write the words for me?
No. You write the line and Studio letters it. That keeps the poster in your voice and keeps every claim one you can stand behind.
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