SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPARING POSTERS
1.
Posters should be prepared directly onto A0 sheets - 841 mm
wide by 1189 mm high - or at least onto large (A1 or A2) sheets.
Posters made by taping together A4 or quarto sheets tend to
look amateurish.
2. The lettering should be large enough to
be read by someone standing 2 m back from the poster. The
following text sizes are suggested:
Title |
2
- 3 cm |
Authors' names
and affiliations |
1½
- 2 cm |
Section headings
(Abstract, Results etc.) |
1½
- 2 cm |
Text height
|
5 - 10 mm |
3.
For clarity, use lots of diagrams, lots of colour, and not
many words.
4. Use
phrases and short sentences in "bullet points".
5.
It is recommended that the poster be divided into sections:
- a one or two sentence abstract
- problem definition and/or aims
- methods
- results
- conclusions
6. The
rules for the preparation of good slides apply equally to
the preparation of good posters:
- keep them
simple
- avoid overcrowding and excessive information
- use large
lettering and thick lines
- "one picture is worth a thousand words"
7. Posters
are to be attached to the poster room walls using reusable
tack ("blutac" or similar) which will be supplied,
and not by thumb tacks (drawing pins) or adhesive tape.
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