poster
A poster is a piece of printed paper designed that include both textual and graphic elements in such a way that they are both eye-catching and informative.
Purposes of Posters
Purposes of Posters
- Advertisement (particularly of events, musicians and films etc )
- Propaganda (Social, Environmental, political etc)
- Communication of a message.
A poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text, should be attractive and precise.
General format of a poster
General format of a poster
A Poster generally consists of a heading (the most prominent text), subheading (prominent but smaller than heading) it may a long or short, followed by image and the dealer's panel or the poster issuing person.
The position of these contents may be shuffled , some may be omitted, the main point is that a good poster enables the reader to grasp the message in a short time, e.g. less than a minute(by means of heading & image) If he finds the subject of interest he will stay to learn about the details(sub heading, etc),
If one fail to get the reader’s attention in a short time, he is likely to go on to the next poster, unless he really wants to know about your work.
The position of these contents may be shuffled , some may be omitted, the main point is that a good poster enables the reader to grasp the message in a short time, e.g. less than a minute(by means of heading & image) If he finds the subject of interest he will stay to learn about the details(sub heading, etc),
If one fail to get the reader’s attention in a short time, he is likely to go on to the next poster, unless he really wants to know about your work.
Some illustrations :-
A poster on 'save environment'
Poster on 'Environmental Pollution'
Poster Showing an Advertisement
A textual poster
