# STEPS: Scene Text Editing with Preserved Style Using Diffusion and Contrastive Style Encoding

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38636 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.38636/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Image generation, text-to-image and editing, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models.
- Builds on 15 of its 16 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 29 Sep 2026.

## Placed in

- Diffusion models / [Image generation, text-to-image and editing](https://mlsanity.com/diffusion/image-generation-text-to-image-and-editing/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 15 of 15)

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- [Improving Diffusion Models for Scene Text Editing with Dual Encoders](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.05568/) (2023)
- [DiffUTE: Universal Text Editing Diffusion Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10825/) (2023)
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## Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce Scene Text Editing with Preserved Style (STEPS), a novel diffusion model architecture for quality text replacement in images. Scene Text Editing (STE), also known as Visual Text Editing, consists of changing the textual content in an image while conserving the original style, e.g. font, colors, orientation, background, etc. STEPS advances the state of the art in STE through directed focus on improved style preservation. We introduce a style encoder for visual text that captures style independently of textual content, and a model architecture that combines the style encoder with multiple semantic conditions (target text characters encoding and rendered glyphs). STEPS achieves superior results to previous STE methods in style preservation, output readability, and subjective quality.