General Guidelines

• Less is more. Be clear and concise with poster design and content. Overcrowding a poster makes it difficult to read.
• Include the event, topic, or presenter(s) in a larger, bolder font than the rest of the poster.

Images

• Use high-quality images that will look good on screen.
• Small images should not be stretched to make them larger.
• If you take an image from the Internet, be sure it does not have copyright restrictions.
• Do not use images that have watermarks. There are many sources for royalty-free images including The Noun Project, Unsplash, Pixabay, and more.

Designing for Accessibility 
 

• Font

  • Consider font size and the amount of text on your poster; less text is preferred.
  • Use sans serif fonts such as Helvetica, Arial, or Calibri.
  • Italics, underlining, shadows, outlines, etc., are difficult to read. Bold can be effective if used consistently and simply.

• Color and Contrast

  • Background and foreground colors should offer good contrast for people with low vision. Use the Background Contrast Guide to check the legibility of your planned color combinations.
  • Use the Colour Contrast Analyser to check specific ratios of your planned color combinations. 
  • Text over a photo or background image is very difficult to read. If you must use a background image, decrease the brightness, and increase the opacity.