Size

Poster Guidelines from tamu.edu: https://swat.tamu.edu/media/72932/poster-guidelines.pdf

Poster board: A0 size portrait posters: height 1189 mm (46.8 inches), width 841 mm (33.1 inches).

Title should be in bold. Author’s affiliations and e-mail addresses for should be included.

Text: a poster should be easily readable from a distance of 1 – 2 meters, and 1.5 or 2 lines of spaces should be used between each line.

It is advised that authors should also pay attention to the following points

Headings should be 25% larger than normal text. Bold or other colors may be used.

Suggested font sizes are (for the A0 format):

  • Main title: 78 pt (bold, upper case)
  • Author: 72 pt (bold, title case)
  • Affiliation(s): 48 pt (normal, title case)
  • Email address: 36 pt (bold)
  • Subheading: 36 pt (bold upper case)
  • Body of text: 24 pt (normal)
  • Smaller fonts may be used in citations and acknowledgement.