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Software Project Poster Guideline
Following are some instructions to guide the students for making an attractive poster.
Students are specially advised to follow these instructions for the posters of the upcoming
event “FYP Poster Presentation” which is being held during the second week of
September, 2015.
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Do not make your poster too long. Densely packed, high word-count posters are
basically manuscripts pasted onto a wall, and attract only those viewers who are
for some reasons excited to read the manuscripts pasted onto walls. Posters with
500 words or less are ideal.
Avoid titles with colons.
Format the title in "sentence case" (e.g., "Font abuse in inbred versus out bred
populations of Homo sapiens”) or “title case” (e.g., "Font Abuse in Inbred Versus
Out bred Populations of Homo Sapiens"). Do not use “all caps” (e.g., "FONT
ABUSE IN INBRED VERSUS OUTBRED POPULATIONS OF HOMO
SAPIENS").
Use a non-serif font (e.g., Helvetica) for title and headings and a serif font (e.g.,
Palatino) for body text (serif-style fonts are much easier to read at smaller font
sizes).
Do not "bullet" or otherwise punctuate section headers. The use of a larger font
size for headers, coupled with a simple “bolded” format, is sufficient for
demarcating sections.
The width of text boxes should be approximately 40 characters (on average: 11
words per line). Lines that are shorter or longer are harder to read quickly
(according to research!).
Avoid blocks of text longer than 10 sentences.
Whenever possible, use lists of sentences rather than blocks of text.
Use italics instead of underlining.
When using acronyms and numbers (e.g., ATP, 666) within the body of text, scale
down the font size by a couple of points so that their sizes don't overpower the
lowercase text, which they would do if you left them at the default size. Use of
"small caps" will sometimes do the trick, but this effect varies with different fonts
and with different software.
Set line spacing of all text to be exactly 1, in case you have used super- or
subscripted text.
Do not trust the "tab" feature to insert the correct amount of space when you are
indenting a paragraph (the default is usually too big). Set the tab amount
manually, with the ruler.
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Software Project Poster Template
SSUET logo
Title: Should convey the
"issue," the approach, and the
system (organism); needs to
be catchy in order to "reel in"
intoxicated passersby.
[Maximum length: 1-2 lines.]
FYP logo
Poster Size: should
be highs =36 inch
Width = 48 inch
inches
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Title
1
Students’
Names
This part includes
the following
headings: (may not
all)
- Introduction (to the
area)
- Idea/ Concept/theme
- Motivation (why u
have undertaken this
project)
- Objective
- What benefits would
accrue if the problem
is solved
- Important terms
Project Title
Supervisor’s Name
DFD, ERD, Model
Students’
Names
2
-Applications (uses)
- Scope
-Tools (used to
develop this project)
- Acknowledgement
Project outline/
Methodology
(Procedure) may be
written here
Note: Background/ Color scheme/ Design
(These all will be chosen by the students)
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Sir Syed University of
Engineering & Technology
SSUET logo
Project Title
FYP logo from
SSUET web
Students’ Names
Supervisor’s Name
Standee
Poster
Size= 2x5 ft
background,
problem statement,
methodology,
Architectural diagram
Methodology:
Briefly describe
experimental
equipment and
methods
(to illustrate
Experimental design)
Results, system features,
conclusion,
acknowledgement etc..
Conclusion: guide the reader/
evaluator through what you have
concluded from the results. What is
the broader significance?
Acknowledgement: thank someone
for guidance/ assistance/ funding/
facilities etc...
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Prepared By:
Waleej Haider
Assistant Professor
FYPC Coordinator
Department of Computer Science, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology