Designing posters:
Hints and tips
What are posters?
Posters are text and graphic presentations describing research, development or practice.
They should provide an account of what they are doing, aims, progress, questions,
conclusions, broader issues/themes. Posters should be self-explanatory and therefore
enable you to introduce your work to all conference delegates.
Using the template
An A3 template is provided (landscape and portrait) for you to use in laying out your
poster content.
Hints and tips
Your Design
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Lettering on the poster should be legible and large enough to be read from 3-5
feet, on the A3 template we recommend no smaller than Arial 14pt.
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Your main headings should be able to be read from 5-10 feet away. We
recommend Arial 16-18 pt.
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Use colour on your poster for eye appeal.
Your Content
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Think of a zippy title.
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The poster should clearly and concisely state the theme of your presentation, such
as a statement of your topic or problem, major findings, conclusions or strategies to
be discussed, or any other pertinent information.
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The sequence of information on the poster should be logical and clear in order for
a participant who just walks by and reads your poster to have a clear idea of your
presentation and the major facets of it.
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You should use lists, phrases, bullets, charts, drawings, or photographs on your
poster instead of full text blocks. This is will be more appealing to the eye for
participants (if you would like to produce a supplementary information document as
a handout we will make ‘pockets’ available for you to display these).
If you have any queries please contact your CETL directly.