Browser - 4m away Deciding what to look at |
80-40 - Title fonts |
Potential viewer - 3m away - Skimming the structure of the poster |
>40 Title fonts; 24-28 section headers |
Active viewer - 2-1m away. Reading all of the poster text |
24-29 section headers; 14-18 main text |
Close examiner - 1-.5m away. Reading all of the chart details and captions |
12 fine text or 8-10 bold text |
From Rowe, N. (2017). Academic and Scientific Poster Presentation: A Modern Comprehensive Guide. Springer International Publishing AG. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brown/detail.action?docID=5017899
If you are using images on your poster, you will need to check that they have a high enough resolution to translate from your computer screen to a large poster without becoming blurry.
Raster image types (.png, .tiff, .jpeg, .gif, .pcf, .bmp) may pixelate. You'll need at least 300 PPI (pixels per inch) or 150 DPI (dots per inch).
Vector image types (.svg, .wmf, .pdf) will not pixelate.
How to check your image resolution:
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