THMT'15 - Preparing Poster
Suggestions for Preparing Posters
- Posters should be prepared directly onto A0 sheets - 841 mm wide by 1189 mm high - or at least onto large (A1 or A2) sheets. Posters made by taping together A4 or quarto sheets tend to look amateurish.
- The lettering should be large enough to be read by someone standing 2 m back from the
poster.
The following text sizes are suggested.
Title: 2 - 3 cm
Authors'names and affiliations: 1½ - 2 cm
Section headings (Abstract, Results etc.): 1½ - 2 cm
Text: ½ - 1 cm
- For clarity, use lots of diagrams, lots of colour, and not many words.
- Use phrases and short sentences in "bullet points".
- It is recommended that the poster be divided into sections:
- a one or two sentence abstract
- problem definition and/or aims
- methods
- results
- conclusions
- The rules for the preparation of good slides apply equally to the preparation of good posters:
- keep them simple
- avoid overcrowding and excessive information
- use large lettering and thick lines
- "one picture is worth a thousand words"
- Posters are to be attached to the poster room walls using reusable tack ("blutac" or similar) which will be supplied, and not by thumb tacks (drawing pins) or adhesive tape.