Creating posters to present scientific data

Alternative design of the boxes

Alternative 1: Four outer and one middle, round box

The arrangement of four surrounding and one central round box for the summary requires:
  • A line of argument for the content that fits with this. All the outer boxes must relate directly to the inside box. The reading direction must be possible as shown in the figure.
  • You to feel technically proficient in using the selected software.
How does it work?
First, you create four square boxes as described in the figures on the previous page. Then, you align a guide circle with the centre of the point of intersection of the boxes and drag it to the required size. This serves as a guide for cropping (i.e. cutting away the part covered by the circle) all four boxes. Once these are cut to size, you draw a circle whose radius is one edge length of the guide squares (red) smaller than the guide circle resulting from the circle segments.

Alternative 2: Two columns with different sized boxes

The second alternative is a way to arrange boxes of different sizes. The example uses boxes with rounded corners (see tip below).

The line of argument and the amount of chapters to be arranged determine whether the large box is created as a left or right column (figure) or top or bottom row (no figure). The spacing between the individual boxes should be the same.

Hybrids are also conceivable. But you need to make sure that the size of the boxes is in proportion. In the example, the size of the right-hand, smaller boxes is exactly one third of that of the left-hand box.

Tip: Rounded corners

The rounded corners of the boxes seem more appealing and less stiff to the person looking at the poster, which is why they are popular.

The disadvantage is that the circle segments (instead of corners) result in relatively large distances between the contents and the edge of the box. Setting these, making sure they are the same in all boxes (especially with boxes of different sizes), often entails a significantly larger amount of work.



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