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 - 2cm
Section headings (ABSTRACT, RESULTS, etc.): 1½ - 2 cm
The text itself should be of the order of 5-10 mm high.
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"
The organisers immodestly offer one of
their own posters as an
example. (It is a big file, and takes some time to load.)
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.
