diff --git a/.claude/skills/t27f/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/t27f/SKILL.md
index 4b7f03aacc..553d99ae99 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/t27f/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/t27f/SKILL.md
@@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ of particles, and runnable in the OS itself and on FPGA. Two specs do this:
 - **`specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27` is the factory**, `(IDEA, PRESET) -> RGB24 frames`. It wraps
   (at most 9 characters per line, 4 lines per scene, `|` cuts a scene), lays out in glyph57's 5x7 font,
   assigns particles to glyph sub-slots and the card border, and closes on `CTA`.
+- **A batch of ideas: set `PRESET = PRESET_AUTO`** (255). `main` runs `pick_preset(IDEA, PRESET)`,
+  and AUTO means `preset_of(IDEA)` = FNV-1a 32 of the idea's bytes mod `PRESETS`. The same idea
+  always gets the same style, and different ideas spread across all five; A..Z hit every preset.
+  This is Remotion's `random(seed)` applied to style. Any other `PRESET` value is used as given
+  (gHashTag/t27#10803). Test hashes against the published FNV vectors (`""`, `a`, `b`, `foobar`),
+  never against a value the spec computes itself.
 
 **Keep it FPGA-shaped.** Use Q8 fixed point. The per-step and per-pixel paths use only add,
 multiply, compare, table lookup (`kt` kernel ROM, `tt` tone ROM) and power-of-two division.
diff --git a/.trinity/seals/t27f_idea_factory.json b/.trinity/seals/t27f_idea_factory.json
index 4f321c9bb3..90cd33d12e 100644
--- a/.trinity/seals/t27f_idea_factory.json
+++ b/.trinity/seals/t27f_idea_factory.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "built_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2+355d44a39",
+  "built_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2+ae19b93cd",
   "closure": [
     {
       "spec": "specs/t27f/glyph57.t27",
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@
     }
   ],
   "config": "gen=c,rust,verilog,zig;tests=zig",
-  "gen_hash_c": "sha256:6a6ffcf30791e08b93221c1067abfc7e053f13c23dff90de4d9f7c9e23461479",
-  "gen_hash_rust": "sha256:d64150e24319f74e2b9413d45cfbd96a7d8bbc0df9d51c9fac0b68c8837b2efb",
-  "gen_hash_verilog": "sha256:387961ee44ce4ce7f32d4ccb23a4ac58ac6ef688db3b4c8aef38d1c60e41cc18",
-  "gen_hash_zig": "sha256:115d3f8ff262b6fd65b59d760aeb7eff66500b9f77f56577fb22233fefaa65e7",
+  "gen_hash_c": "sha256:ddc41e93c87c1268b2d075c6b34fba3208ac77bc2db7992ee9430b219f3aa2f1",
+  "gen_hash_rust": "sha256:dfb079933e8ffe3343e2360a23e71f9a92bc7c27b20a2e11c6659f95e1562c63",
+  "gen_hash_verilog": "sha256:029af4d7206071497f23fd5b12d15eb47df379d6f508d2f9a192edfb12337578",
+  "gen_hash_zig": "sha256:27984b39231077b1f334e7d6fe2f2249667ffb6838f0bf21f4b8e38861e98fd7",
   "module": "idea_factory",
   "ring": 12,
   "seal_schema": 2,
-  "sealed_at": "2026-10-19T02:41:09Z",
+  "sealed_at": "2026-10-19T06:20:13Z",
   "sealed_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2",
-  "spec_hash": "sha256:249909fbd1679b488be14be323c0079735a55895560423934c21daf28c824db9",
+  "spec_hash": "sha256:26ab3c6cae74c0c62124efb321098e184703f4b05f1e53fc902fa209dd036768",
   "spec_path": "specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27",
   "tests": {
     "failed": 0,
     "failing": [],
     "forced": false,
-    "passed": 10,
-    "total": 10,
+    "passed": 13,
+    "total": 13,
     "vacuous": 0
   },
   "toolchain": {
diff --git a/specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27 b/specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27
index 5c05863743..ca8b8f6ab8 100644
--- a/specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27
+++ b/specs/t27f/idea_factory.t27
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use t27f::scene_raster::red;
 use t27f::scene_raster::green;
 use t27f::scene_raster::blue;
 use t27f::particle_ds::ONE;
+use t27f::particle_ds::PRESETS;
 use t27f::particle_ds::BG;
 use t27f::particle_ds::KEY_COL;
 use t27f::particle_ds::GRAIN;
@@ -272,6 +273,32 @@ pub fn frame_bytes() -> i32 {
     return FRAME_W * FRAME_H * 3;
 }
 
+// ---- style: the preset can come from the idea itself (gHashTag/t27#10803) ----
+
+// PRESET = PRESET_AUTO asks the factory to pick the style from the idea's bytes, so a batch of
+// ideas spreads over the presets and a re-render of one idea keeps its style.
+pub const PRESET_AUTO : usize = 255;
+pub const FNV32_BASIS : u32 = 2166136261;
+pub const FNV32_PRIME : u32 = 16777619;
+
+// FNV-1a 32 over the bytes of t (UTF-8 for a Russian idea): xor the byte in, then multiply.
+pub fn fnv1a32(t: []const u8) -> u32 {
+    var h : u32 = FNV32_BASIS;
+    var i : usize = 0;
+    while (i < t.len) {
+        h = (h ^ @as(u32, t[i])) *% FNV32_PRIME;
+        i = i + 1;
+    }
+    return h;
+}
+pub fn preset_of(t: []const u8) -> usize {
+    return @as(usize, fnv1a32(t) % @as(u32, PRESETS));
+}
+pub fn pick_preset(t: []const u8, p: usize) -> usize {
+    if (p == PRESET_AUTO) { return preset_of(t); }
+    return p;
+}
+
 // ---- assign ----
 
 // Where card particle m of mm sits on the border of the rectangle (x0, y0)-(x1, y1): what 0 = x,
@@ -329,7 +356,7 @@ pub fn main() -> void {
     var accb : [1080]i32 = undefined;
     var row : [3240]u8 = undefined;
 
-    const p = PRESET;
+    const p = pick_preset(IDEA, PRESET);
     const rr = reach(p);
     var d2 : i32 = 0;
     while (d2 <= rr * rr) {
@@ -633,3 +660,47 @@ test "a frame is 1080x1920 RGB24, 6220800 bytes" {
     assert(frame_bytes() == 6220800);
     assert(FPS == 30);
 }
+
+// Expected values are the published FNV-1a 32 test vectors, not values this file computes.
+test "fnv1a32 gives the published FNV-1a 32 vectors for the empty string, a, b and foobar" {
+    assert(fnv1a32("") == 2166136261);
+    assert(fnv1a32("a") == 3826002220);
+    assert(fnv1a32("b") == 3876335077);
+    assert(fnv1a32("foobar") == 3214735720);
+}
+
+test "PRESET_AUTO picks the preset from the idea's hash, any other preset is kept" {
+    assert(PRESET == 0);
+    assert(PRESET_AUTO >= PRESETS);
+    assert(preset_of("a") == 0);
+    assert(preset_of("b") == 2);
+    assert(pick_preset("b", PRESET_AUTO) == 2);
+    assert(pick_preset("b", 3) == 3);
+    assert(pick_preset("a", 4) == 4);
+    assert(pick_preset(IDEA, PRESET_AUTO) == preset_of(IDEA));
+    assert(preset_of(RU_IDEA[0..80]) < PRESETS);
+}
+
+test "the 26 one-letter ideas A to Z between them pick every preset" {
+    var hit : [5]i32 = undefined;
+    var k : usize = 0;
+    while (k < 5) {
+        hit[k] = 0;
+        k = k + 1;
+    }
+    var b : [1]u8 = undefined;
+    var c : u8 = 65;
+    while (c <= 90) {
+        b[0] = c;
+        const p = preset_of(b[0..1]);
+        assert(p < PRESETS);
+        hit[p] = hit[p] + 1;
+        c = c + 1;
+    }
+    assert(hit[0] > 0);
+    assert(hit[1] > 0);
+    assert(hit[2] > 0);
+    assert(hit[3] > 0);
+    assert(hit[4] > 0);
+    assert(hit[0] + hit[1] + hit[2] + hit[3] + hit[4] == 26);
+}