Research Posters: Creation, Design, & Best Practices

​Effective posters are:

• Visually Appealing and Readable

• Well organized

• To the point

Best Practices for making Effective Posters:

• Use dark text on a light background

• Be consistent in use of one font and one style 

• Use Terminology that is understandable to audience.

• Limit amount of text (Tip: try a Word Count of between 500 to 800 words (or less)

• Width of text boxes should be about 40 characters (11 words per line)

• Use of bullets and numbering lists makes the content easier to read

Suggested Font Sizes:

Poster Title

Section Title

Figure Caption

Regular Text

Labels

• Titles
• Authors and affiliations
• Introduction
• Purpose
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions
• Future Directions
• References
• Acknowledgements

• Poster should be arranged with content in columns running top down, left to right.
• Allow for plenty of space between sections

Title

Authors & Affiliations