Posters that TALK to you

Tips on making effective posters

Az-Zahra Madressah Minnesota

Title

• easy-to-read title

• (the title should be large enough to see across the room)

• easy-to-read title

• (the title should be large enough to see across the room)

JIHAD

Title• Carries your main message that attracts the viewer to

your poster• Make it intriguing, maybe ending in a question mark? If

your poster is on the subject of Jihad, you can say . . .

Why not ONLY BLOOD?

• Carries your main message that attracts the viewer to your poster

• Make it intriguing, maybe ending in a question mark? If your poster is on the subject of Jihad, you can say . . .

Why not ONLY BLOOD?

Layout

• The eye naturally follows

TOP to BOTTOM

or LEFT to RIGHT

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

Acting under another of its erroneous assumptions, the shah's regime requested the BAATHIST GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, in September 1978, to expel Imam Khomeini from its territory, in the hope of depriving him of his base of operations and robbing the revolution of its leadership. Imam informed the Bathists that he would be happy to leave Iraq for a country that was not subject to the shah's dictates

HALAAL HARAAM FOODS by me grade x

WHERE DO I

START?

Tools

• Use NUMBERS or ARROWS for the eye to connect the different components

TITLETITLE

1

2

3 4 5

6

Layout

Leave

O P E N

space in the design.

TIGHTLYpacked space tires the eye and the mind.

Leave

O P E N

space in the design.

TIGHTLYpacked space tires the eye and the mind.

Layout

• Use elements of different sizes and proportions. Same-size and same-proportioned components result in a boring design.

• For particular emphasis, try using different shapes:

TITLE

Tools

• A large and/or bright center of interest can draw the eye to the most important aspect of the poster

JIHAD - why not only BLOOD?

Tools• Enlarge all photos

enough for details to be clearly seen.

• Crop photos

A picture is worth a thousand words

Tools

• Make all illustrations SIMPLE and BOLD. Leave out any unnecessary detail

Tools

• Use diagrams, graphs, charts.

• Convert data to graphs without showing too many keys, details

Through PEN

Through TONGUE

Through the SWORD

Forms of struggle

Graphics

• Use COLOR,

BOLD LINES,

to emphasize

or link words

and images.

FATWA against Salman Rushdie

“I inform the proud

Muslim people of the

world that the author of

the Satanic Verses

book which is against

Islam, the Prophet and

the Koran, and all

involved in its

publication who were

aware of its content

, are sentenced to

death.

The Satanic Verses (1988)

"The book that is worth killing people and burning flags for is not the book that I wrote," Salmon Rushdie, 41-year-old author of The Satanic Verses, told Time Magazine. shortly after its publication in 1988.Rushdie's book caused deep rumblings among faithful Muslims offended by its content, prompting protests and book burnings and even riots in which several people were killed.The furor reached new heights when Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini joined in, proclaiming the

He no longer considers himself a Muslim, which makes the book all the more insulting to the members of the faith. He has been reviled by them as

an "apostate," one who knows the truth and turns away from it. The traditional Muslim punishment for

this is death.

The Satanic Verses (1988)

”

color and bold outline to link the different elements together

• Group elements to form a single unit.• Group heading, picture, text together

• Group elements to form a single unit.• Group heading, picture, text together

Struggle through PEN

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for

criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to a Paris suburb1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution1979-81 His followers hold 52 Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran1989 In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam Khomeini dies in TehranImam Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. This 7th century hadith narrated by Ima

Tools

Struggle through TONGUE

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to

a Paris suburb__________________________________

1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution1979-81 His followers hold 52 Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran1989 In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam

Struggle through SWORD

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to a Paris suburb1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution

1979-81 His followers hold 52 Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran1989 In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam Khomeini dies in TehranImam Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots.

This 7th century hadith narrated by Ima

Tools• Line panels up • (jagged edges distracts people from the message)

Imam Musa ibne Jaffar said:A man from my progeny will come out of Qum and lead a revolt. His name will be that of Isa. There will rally to him people resemblingpieces of iron, not to be shaken by violent winds, unsparing andrelying upon God. [Bihar ul-Anwar]

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to a Paris suburb

Imam Ruhullah Al-Musavi Al-Khomeini (RA)

1979-81 His

followers hold

52 Americ

ans captive in the U.S.

embassy in

Tehran

1989 In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam Khomeini dies in Tehran

1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution

Imam Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots.

The early years of Imam Khomeini's activity in Qum coincided with the establishment of the Pahlavi state by Riza Khan. Riza Khan transformed the Iranian monarchy into a dictatorship of the modern, and made its chief internal aim the elimination of Islam as a political, social, and cultural force.

Imam Musa ibne Jaffar said:A man from my progeny will come out of Qum and lead a revolt. His name will be that of Isa. There will rally to him people resembling pieces of iron, not to be shaken by violent winds, unsparing andrelying upon God. [Bihar ul-Anwar]

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to a Paris suburb

Imam Ruhullah Al-Musavi Al-Khomeini (RA)

1989

In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam Khomeini dies in Tehran

Imam Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western

ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic

roots.

The early years of Imam Khomeini's activity in Qum

coincided with the establishment of the Pahlavi

state by Riza Khan. Riza Khan transformed the Iranian

monarchy into a dictatorship of the modern, and made its chief internal aim the elimination of Islam as a political, social,

and cultural force.

1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution

1979-81 His followers hold 52 Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran

See the difference?

Tools• Photographs should look inwards (this picture is

placed on the right side of the poster because subject is looking inwards into the poster)

Hey! Don’t ride me off the

poster!

Title

At the camp:I learned to work with a team, both directly and indirectly. Sometimes we were all working closely together planning a project, but other times we were all working in our own way toward the same goal. Both types of interaction .

Example of an over enthusiastic poster-maker

• Much too much . . .

A man from my progeny will come out of Qum and lead a revolt. His name will be that of Isa. There will rally to him people resembling pieces of iron, not to be shaken by violent winds, unsparing and relying upon God. [Bihar ul-Anwar]

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam

IMAM KHOMEINI

1979 Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran¹s revolution

1979-81 His followers hold

52 Americans captive in the

U.S. embassy in Tehran

1989 In February, he demands the death of Salman Rushdie; in June, Imam Khomeini dies in Tehran

1964-78 Imam Khomeini is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots; evicted by Saddam Hussein, he moves to a Paris

Imam Khomeini's strategy was to reject

Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic

roots.

Tools

• Use light back grounds

The HOLY BOOK The HOLY BOOK

Lettering

• All lettering should be legible from 3 feet away; older viewers should not have to put on reading glasses. . .

• This is 18 point type, the smallest size you should use.

• This is 24 point type. Better?

Lettering• It is fun to use different fonts

(one or two different fonts otherwise it gets too confusing)

•It is fun to use lots of colors(one or two different colors otherwise it gets too confusing)

• Use simple fonts

Lettering

• MOST PRINT IN NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND BOOKS IS IN LOWER-CASE LETTERS (EXCEPT FOR THE CAPITALIZATION OF PROPER NAMES AND THE INITIAL WORD IN A SENTENCE). LOWER-CASE LETTERS GENERALLY ARE REGARDED AS MUCH EASIER TO RECOGNIZE THAN WORDS PRINTED ONLY IN CAPITALIZED LETTERS.

• Most print in newspapers, magazines, and books is in lower-case letters (except for the capitalization of proper names and the initial word in a sentence). Lower-case letters generally are regarded as much easier to recognize than words printed only in capitalized letters.

Sorry to make you read all

this!

Editing (deleting off extra text)

• Edit ruthlessly• Discard details • Make the

shortest statement possible

• Simple messages are more memorable

A poster should have 20% TEXT, 40% GRAPH-ICSand 40% EMPTY SPACE

40% GRAPH-ICS 40% EMPTY SPACE

Now, how would you edit this?This 7th century hadith narrated by Imam Musa al-

Kadhim (A), prophesizes the appearance of the leader of the Islamic Revolution and one of the greatest scholars of the Shi'i school of thought in the 20th century, Imam Khomeini (R).

Edited version :Hadith by Imam Musa al-Kadhim (A), prophesizes appearance of Imam Khomeini (R).

Editing

4

different details deleted

Another example:A self made man, refined in manners the Imam had always

stressed the performance of religious duties and observance of the Islamic tenets.

Edited version:• self made man • refined in manners • stressed Islamic principles

Editing

Use

bullets,

shorter sentence, &

simpler words

Remember:

Uncluttered colorful design + Legibility + Simple text + Straightforward layout

=a good poster

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