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How to create an academic poster
What is an academic poster?
• Introduction to you and your research
• Presentation of what you’ve found out
• To promote discussion
Using PowerPoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgjgwIXadA
Plan your content
• Purpose?• Audience?• Detailed information/brief summary?• Displayed where?• Any set guidelines?
Include…
• Title, author(s) and contact details• Introduction• Methods• Results• Conclusions• Literature cited• Acknowledgments• Further information
Text Formatting
• Headings and sub-headings
• Font – serif/ sans-serif?
• No more than two fonts
Font size
Title = 80 pt.Sub-headings = 50 – 60 pt.
Normal (body) text = 24 pt.
Line spacing
Blocks of text in a small font can be made easier to read by increasing the line spacing. It is recommended to use line
spacing = 1.0 as illustrated here with 24 pt. font
Title text needs decreased line-spacing, such as 0.9, otherwise it looks a bit weird!
Text alignment
Left, right, centre or justified?
Left aligned text is easiest to read.
Avoid using justified – although it looks neater it creates strange gaps in the text making it difficult to read.
Case
• UPPER CASE CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ AND IS ALSO PERCEIVED TO BE SHOUTING!!!
• Underlined text can also be difficult to read. Online it usually indicates a link
• Use italics instead, but sparingly
• Bold is good if you want to draw attention to something in the main text
PicturesScreen resolution = 72 pixels/dots per inch (dpi)
Print resolution = 150 – 300 dpi
Charts and tables
• Keep simple• Enlarge text• Thicken lines• Avoid 3D
Copyright
• Use own or those you have permission to use• Creative commons• pexels.com or pixabay.com• See FoBIT site
search.creativecommons.org
University logo
The University Logo can be downloaded from https://staff.plymouth.ac.uk/dpc/intranet.htm (log-in required)
DO NOT ALTER IT!
Colour scheme• 2 or 3 colours plus black, which is always best
for the smallest text.• Choosing colours from charts and images in
your poster will give a smart, uniform feel.• Good combinations:-
Proof-read and print
Check your poster thorughly for speling mitakes and grammaticl errors before you send it to
prnt.
NB – to print, save your poster as a PDF (Print)
Present
• Explain your poster and answer questions• Print A4 versions?• Allow people to photograph?• Take business cards
