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Academic Poster Design

https://sites.google.com/colgate.edu/academic-posters

 

  • Resize slide before designing (35”x 43” or 43x35”)

  • Use a font size 36 or higher

  • Garamond or Arial

  • Generate over-large images and shrink (300 PPI/DPI)

  • Use ruler and guides to align text and image

  • Preserve negative space for breaks in visual design

  • Think about color contrast (background and readability)

  • Obvious reading order

  • When in doubt, omit

Printing at Colgate:
https://sites.google.com/colgate.edu/academic-posters
 

 


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