How to make a Technical Poster
The Practical Side
Janelle Yong
CMPE185
Setting up a poster manually through
MS Powerpoint
• Page Setup >
• Text Boxes
– Columns:
– Title:
48”w
x
36” h
9”
45”
• Margins: recommend 1.5”
• Position
– Horizontal: 1.5”
– Vertical: 1.5”
• View: Gridlines
From: Top Left Corner
From: Top Left Corner
Fonts
GOOD
BAD
Arial
Comic Sans
Calibri
Century Gothic
Garamond
Times New Roman
Font Sizes
72pt = 1 inch TALL
Title: 85
Author Name: 56
Affiliation: 50
Section Title: 36
Body: 30
References: 30
Acknowledgements: 30
Captions: 22
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Plot(x, y,...
'LineWidth',4,...
% line color default, width 4
'o’,...
% add circle marker
'MarkerEdgeColor', 'k',... % edge color black
'MarkerFaceColor', 'r',... % face color red
‘MarkerSize’,7)
% change marker size
grid on
ylim([min max])
ylabel(‘Y label’)
title(‘Title’)
% change y-limits
Captions
Figure 1: Very detailed description of the
figure. Typically goes below the figure. [1]
• Ways to cite references: [1], superscript1
• Font Size: 22
Text Box > Drawing Tools > Size (Same width as figure)
Raster vs. Vector
Raster: .jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .raw
Vector: .eps, .pdf
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Saving in Photoshop
It’s time to present... Now what?
• Be prepared
– Wear a nametag
– Have plenty of water
– Have your own set of pushpins
• Bring business cards
– You never know who your audience will be. Could
be a potential sponsor/donor, future job
employer, etc.