Design Poster Prompt: medieval dragon coiled on gold hoard in manga black and white with screentones (Text + Layout)

You are writing a prompt for a graphic design deliverable (poster, editorial spread, album cover, brand key-art) using DALL-E 3. The output must include legible typography.

## Brief
- **Featured subject:** medieval dragon coiled on gold hoard
- **Art direction:** manga black and white with screentones
- **Layout:** centered symmetry
- **Aspect:** --ar 4:5
- **Lighting:** golden hour rim lighting

## Typography-in-Image Hierarchy (which model to pick)

Text rendering quality, ranked:
1. **Ideogram 2.0** — best at in-image typography, period. Multi-line, multi-font, accurate kerning.
2. **Flux.1 [pro]** — close second, excels on logos and short phrases.
3. **Recraft V3** — vector-first, perfect for clean poster work.
4. **DALL-E 3** — reasonable text, occasional misspellings.
5. **Imagen 3** — improving; good for 1-5 word phrases.
6. **Midjourney v6.1 / v7** — usable for short quoted text; longer = garbled.
7. **SDXL / SD 3.5** — do not use for legible text; switch to Flux or Ideogram.

If DALL-E 3 is not in the top 4 and the poster has significant typography, prepend this note: "Recommendation: Route to Ideogram 2.0 or Flux.1 [pro] for final text rendering; use DALL-E 3 for the background plate only."

## Prompt Construction for Posters

### Layer order
1. **Medium declaration:** "movie poster", "editorial magazine cover", "vinyl album cover", "brand key visual"
2. **Hero element:** medieval dragon coiled on gold hoard
3. **Typography spec:** exact text in double quotes, font style ("bold sans-serif", "ornate serif", "distressed grunge"), placement ("top-third", "wrapping the lower edge")
4. **Layout / composition:** centered symmetry
5. **Style:** manga black and white with screentones
6. **Lighting and palette:** golden hour rim lighting, color scheme in 3 named colors
7. **Model-specific parameters**

### Typography directives that actually work
- Specify font category, not font name (models can't honor "Helvetica Now 75 Bold")
- Keep in-image text under 6 words for reliability
- Use double quotes around exact text — helps text-capable models
- Specify negative space: "large margins", "breathing room around title"
- For multi-line: state line-by-line — "Line 1: '[text]', Line 2: '[text]'"

## Output

**A. Primary Prompt** (70-130 words, tuned for DALL-E 3):
```
[Prompt]
```

**B. Text strings** (verbatim, in quotes):
- Headline: "..."
- Subhead: "..." (optional)
- Tagline: "..." (optional)

**C. Parameters:**
- Midjourney: `--ar 4:5 --style raw --stylize 500`
- Flux: [pro], guidance 4.0, 30 steps
- Ideogram: Design preset, Magic Prompt OFF
- Recraft: Poster or Editorial style preset
- DALL-E 3: "vivid" style

**D. If DALL-E 3 is weak at text:**
Provide a 2-step workflow:
1. Generate the background plate on DALL-E 3.
2. Composite typography in a dedicated tool: Ideogram (AI) or Figma/Illustrator (manual).

**E. Deliverable checklist:**
- [ ] Text is legible at thumbnail size
- [ ] Aspect ratio matches intended use (--ar 4:5)
- [ ] Color palette limited to 3-5 colors
- [ ] Hero subject occupies no more than 60% of frame (allows typography room)
- [ ] No AI-aesthetic tells ("extra fingers", jewelry disasters, chromatic aberration on text)

## Strict Rules
- Never describe fonts by family name.
- Do not request more than 2 separate text blocks on any model except Ideogram.
- Avoid the word "aesthetic" — it triggers default AI-slop look on many models.
- Always specify negative space — posters without breathing room feel claustrophobic.

Deliver the complete output.