1. Using to Design
Academic Poster
HANIFFA BEEVI BT ABD JALEEL

2. Objective
At the end of the workshop, you should be able to:
• design academic posters using PowerPoint;
• apply poster designing tips to make visually
attractive academic posters.

3. Who is your audience?
Novice
Intermediate
Experts

4. Let’s start !
Decide the poster
SIZE and
ORIENTATION
Paper Height
(cm)
Width
(cm)
A0 118.9 84.1
A1 84.1 59.4
A2 59.4 42.0
A3 42.0 29.7
A4 29.7 21.0
A5 21.0 14.0

5. PAGE SIZE AND ORIENTATION1
1
2

6. Design layout
& content

7. 1
2
LAYOUT AND CONTENT2

8. Leaving
breathing
space
between
column.
4 cm around
inside edge
3 cm in between
column

9. Your poster title : 85 pt
Author: 56pt
Sub-headings: 36pt
Body text: 24pt
Caption: 18pt
Title need to be
BIG
GRAB
ATTENTION
FONT SELECTION3

10. Don’t put
conclusion on
the floor.
In 30 second, the viewers decide whether your content is
worthy for further exploration or not.

11. Conclusion first!
• Put the most important
part first.
• Short and to the point.
• Highlight it !

12. High Contrast
BAD
Example
GOOD
Example

13. Use sans serif fonts: these fonts are more
legible than serif fonts from a distance.
Example:
Arial
Calibri
Impact
Verdana

14. Using Serif
fonts
Using San
Serif fonts
More easy
to read
from far.

15. Left-aligned your text.
Reason;
vs.
Left-aligned Justified
Create large gaps between some words
and make it difficult to read.

16. Left-aligned
Justified
Create large gaps between some words
and make it difficult to read.

17. Your poster should have roughly:
C
O
N
T
E
N
T
G
R
A
P
H
I
C
S
T
E
X
T
S
P
A
C
E

18. Use PNG image instead of JPEG
REASON

19. PNG
JPEG

20. JPEG
PNG

21. • Keep the number of colours to minimum.
• 2-3 colours, no more!
How to choose
RIGHT colour for
your poster?

22. Guidelines to choose colours:
1. Use colours from your school or organizations logo.
2. Choose an image or graph from your poster.
3. Use an online resource like
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/

23. http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
Million of colour
palettes
available here

24. Let’s judge
some designs
Finally !!

25. Where do I
begin?

26. Bad contrast

27. Good Design

28. Perfect

29. Reference
http://www.cns.cornell.edu/documents/ScientificPosters.pdf
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html
http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/is/documents/CreatingAcademicPost
ersUsingPowerPoint.pdf
http://www.makesigns.com/tutorials/images-graphs-colors.aspx
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/