Transcript Title of Your Project Your Name & Faculty Advisor

Title of Your Project
Your Name & Faculty Advisor
Institution Name
acknowledge UCARE
Introduction
PLEASE NOTE! This template is to be used as a guide only. It is by
no means a prescriptive way in which you have to construct your
poster. This poster format may work best for students in the
sciences and/or social sciences. If you feel that your project does
not fit within this poster rubric, that is okay. For those students in
the arts or humanities, we encourage you to be “creative” and
“freeform” in your poster design. This is YOUR work and you
should choose a poster design that best showcases your work.
General guidelines in this poster (text, font style, size, etc)
however, are still helpful for you in creating your own poster.
Your poster should be readable from 3 feet away. Use a large
enough font (typeface) so that people can read from a distance.
Your headings should be about 36 size font and your text should be
at least 24 sized font. This is font size 30, but yours may need to be
smaller based on how much information you are putting in each
section. Text size should be consistent across the boxes, except for
labels on graphs, heading, etc.
Design
Be sure that you use a font that is plain (i.e., Ariel, or any San Serif)
so that your poster is easier to read. Do not choose “fancy” fonts
and do not italicize words as they are much more difficult to read.
When choosing a font color, choose a dark color that is easy to
read. Light colored text, even on a dark background is hard on the
eyes.
Results
You can include an institutional logo on your poster. You can
download the academic “N” or the UNL logo at:
http://www.unl.edu/ucomm/ucomm/toolbox.shtml#font
Conclusion & Discussion
Be sure to sum up your main results and findings in a way that is
easy to read and clear. If desired, you could use bullets to display
your primary findings and to discuss the implications of your work.
Method
Headings should be consistently styled, whether in all caps or
initial caps, boldface or underlined, flush left or centered. Choose
one style/color and be consistent throughout the poster. Use the
headings appropriate to your discipline/research. Generally, poster
presenters limit their headings to six or fewer.