Poster GuidelinesHelpful hints for poster presentations at IASDR 2011

INTRODUCTIONThis PowerPoint document is set up to help you

create a poster presentation for the IASDR2011

conference. We consider a conference poster to be

a visual communications tool and set up this

document accordingly. The banner at the bottom

contains the conference’s logo plus descriptor, and

a suggested area to put your name, contact

information and the logo of your school, institute or

company.

CONTENTMost people tend to put too much (textual) information on

a poster. We urge you to choose carefully and to limit the

amount of text, use strong visuals instead, while

preserving the message of course.

The margins and columns of this document are set to

provide you with a good starting point. The 7 columns grid

‘forces’ you to leave some white space which will help you

come up with a communicative, attractive and well

balanced presentation.

Hierarchy is important in providing ‘access’ to your

findings.

Use different font sizes, bold and/or italic and color to

achieve that.

Avoid the use of boxes or lines around text, structure

should arise from the (proper) use of content and the grid,

not from embellishments.

COLUMNS AND SPACINGThis document comes equipped with guides in the Master

slide to help you align elements on the plane. You can see

them as very thin light blue lines in the background

resulting in 7 columns of 9.5 cm each, and a spacing of

1.5 cm. The size of elements is related to this grid. This

text box for instance, is 3 columns wide (3 x 9.5 cm) + (2 x

1.5 cm) = 31.5 cm. 2 columns = 20.5 cm;

4 columns = 42.5 cm. Try to align all items on the plane

with these columns. For horizontal alignment use the

Dynamic- and Static Guides of this application

(View/Guides/…).

TEXTLegibility diminishes when lines of text become too long.

Rule of thumb is 60 to 70 characters (including spaces and

punctuation) maximum for comfortable reading. The text

in this document respects that. If you want to use a

different font and/or size, adjust column width accordingly

if necessary.

The table below shows the specifications of the

components used in this document. The font is Trebuchet

MS. The line spacing is set to 48 pt. Of course you are free

to use a different font and/or size, and lay out, this

document is just to help you get started. The banner

however, is strongly recommended.

put logo of school, institute

or company in this area.

(remove the border)

2nd presenter’s nameaffiliation

affiliation (continued)

e-mail address

1st presenter’s nameaffiliation

affiliation (continued)

e-mail address

item font style size leading extra

title bold 180 pt 144 pt cyan

sub title bold 80 pt 96 pt

headers bold 40 pt 48 pt all caps, cyan

introduction bold 36 pt 48 pt

leading text regular 30 pt 48 pt

captions italic 24 pt 36 pt

text in table bold/regular 24 pt 40 pt white

(header)

Visuals are important means to support your

message. However, choose carefully. One or

two clear, large pictures often work better than

a lot of small ones. Variation in size can support

hierarchy.

Make sure the quality (pixels,) of your

illustration

is sufficient to be printed in large format.

200dpi at 100% is the minimal requirement to

guarantee good quality.

Captions also can carry part of the message.