Poster guidelines
- Poster size: 90X120 cm.
- Format: portrait.
- Divide the contents of your poster into appropriate sections, such as: title, author and affiliation; abstract; methodology; data; results; and conclusions
- Headings above each poster section should indicate its contents and identify the appropriate sequence for viewing the poster by clearly visible numbers, letters or arrows
- Use a font pitch of no less than 16 for your text, since most viewers will be standing at least three feet away from a poster.
- Use larger lettering for the poster’s title, author and institutional affiliation. (At least an inch high.)
- Avoid fonts that utilize script or are difficult to read.
- If hand lettering is required, use felt-tip black ink.
- Written material should be concise. Save unessential but helpful or interesting secondary points for discussion with your viewers.
- Graphs, charts and tables are particularly eye-catching at poster sessions.
- Your printed conclusions should permit observers to focus on a concise statement of your central findings that lends itself to informal discussion.
- A mailing tube or portfolio case is recommended for transporting your poster.
- A notepad may prove helpful in elaborating further upon your poster or for taking names and addresses of people interested in your research.