Creating posters to present scientific data

Header, body, footer

Now you divide the usable area into the header, body and footer.

  1. Header: Create a text box whose top, left and right sides extend to the guides. Copy two lines of any text in 50 pt font size and four lines in 36 pt font size. Define a paragraph of 36 pt between the paragraphs of different font sizes (upper grey area in the figure).

  2. Footer: Create a text box whose bottom, left and right side extend to the guides. Copy your bibliography into it and set the font size to 21 pt (lower grey area in the figure).

  3. Body: Create an empty rectangle, which extends to the left and right margin of the usable area and whose distance to the header and footer text fields is half of the page margin (middle grey area in the figure).

  4. Place guides along the top and bottom of the fields you just created.

Tips: The three fields should be equidistant to each other. Using half the margin width often makes a harmonious impression. You should be able to clearly see the fields as separate from each other even at a distance, but they should not appear “lost”.

For instance, use a colourful square with a side length half the size of the page margin for alignment (guide area, red on figures).

The header should include the title of the poster, the authors, their address and the logos of the representing institution and third parties (sponsors, third-party funders, etc.).
To test if the size is right, arrange the logos like in your design and adjust the texts.

The body contains the introduction, main section and summary. So this is where you need the most space.
Dividing up the body is one of the most time-consuming tasks. This example assumes that, in addition to the introduction and the summary, the findings are to be presented in two chapters. To do this, four content boxes of equal size were created.

The footer contains the list of cited literature, so this area can be small.

Tip: It makes a harmonious impression if the header and footer sections are the same size. Often this is only possible at the expense of space needed for the body section. Different sized header and footer sections are the most practical compromise.



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