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PowerPoint for Posters: Additional Reading & Research
Step by step instructions for using PowerPoint to create your conference poster; tips and ideas for poster design
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Design Tips
MU Logos & Colors
Evaluating Your Poster
Additional Reading & Research
Printing
Templates
Infographics
Tips & Advice on Creating Posters
Better Posters blog
good for tips
Advice on designing scientific posters
Colin Purrington's humorous & useful site on how to create a poster. Well worth checking out if only for the productive procrastination factor.
Poster-making 101
Brian Pfohl's step by step guide with screen shots
UNC Poster & Presentation Resources
Extensive list of sites on poster design, poster creation, templates & examples
Poster Design
ACP Poster Tips & Guidelines
How to Avoid Burying the Lede of Your News Story
Take a tip from journalists - what is most important, most unexpected? Put that up front in your poster.
Reading, Graphics & More
The Science of Word Recognition
By Kevin Larson
How we read; lower case easier to read than upper case
GIF, JPG and PNG – What’s the Difference?
basic descriptions of each file type.
Typography, Layout, and Graphic Design
Definitions of Serif vs. Non-Serif; Point size; Fixed & Variable width fonts
Other uses for old posters
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