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Creating Scientific Posters
Tim Miller, SpokenScience.com
Topics Today:1.Posters: Good and Bad
2.Tips on Poster Design and Delivery
3.Group Poster Critique
Why Posters?•Breadth of Content
•Posters are Concise
•Posters are Easy
•Posters are Visual
•Posters are Written
Good And Bad
Why Not Posters?
•Posters are not Deep.
•Posters are not (usually) Permanent.
•Posters (often) lack Context.
•Posters are not (usually) Peer-Reviewed.
Good And Bad
Good Posters
•Are Attractive
•Are Legible
•Are Digestible
•Express One Idea
Good And Bad
Bad Posters
•Are Unattractive
•Are Illegible
•Are Indigestible
•Do Not Express One Idea
Good And Bad
Poster Design
Step One:
Write Down The Ideas
Poster Design
Step Two:
Make A Plan
Let the ideas shape the space. Do not let the
space shape the ideas.
Poster Design
Poster DesignMRS, Spring
2011
Step Three:Assemble Your Data
Poster Design
Bitmap Graphicsvs.
Vector Graphics
Poster Design
Step Three:Colors and Fonts
Can YOU Read This?
Can YOU Read This?
Poster Design
his is a Serif FontThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
his is a Sans Serif FontThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.TT
Poster Design
Step Four:
Lay It Out In Software
Poster Design
•Supports Layers
•Supports Vector Graphics
•Has Bezier Tools and Good Rulers
•Supports Alpha Channels
•Supports Equation Editing
Good Software
Poster Design
Step Five:
Print and Hang it a Week Before!
Poster Design
Step Six:
Go to the Session
You Are Not Alone...
Poster Design
EXAMPLES
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