Guides: Poster Design: Poster Design

Download the "Less is Best" poster and email Kevin Tanner (kevin.tanner@sait.ca) if you have any questions!

Fonts & colours

Google fonts
Choose from over 800 font families, including some which are optimized for displays.
Adobe Kuler
This colour wheel tool helps you select colour schemes according to specific criteria.
ColorBrewer
Use this tool to select colour combos for your data and/or poster that are colourblind friendly and printer-safe.
Coolors
Browse or search for colour schemes and create your own custom schemes

The playlist embedded below contains three videos about designing and presenting effective posters.

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Poster templates
Find tips on designing your poster as well as downloadable templates for Powerpoint and Open Office.
Expresso App
Paste your text into this browser-based app and get suggestions for writing in a more efficient and engaging manner.
Data Visualization 101: How to Choose the Right Chart or Graph for Your Data
Data Looks Better Naked

Poster template activity
Use these four templates to experiment with different layouts for your poster content

The NounProject
Millions of user-created icons for everything you can think of! Download and use for free, but remember to cite.

Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
A collection of almost 3 million images including images from the National Portrait Gallery of London, the National Geographic Society, and a Canadian Photo collection.

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