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Please follow the guidelines below for poster formatting to ensure that we are able to print your poster and that it matches your expectations! For the 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium, posters may be printed between April 16 and April 22 at the Busch Campus Center Room 118. Go early! There is often a line on the last two days, and you may not get your poster printed!
A-L we recommend you go on April 17
M-Z we recommend you go on April 18
Hours of operation:
Thursday, 4/17: 10am-5pm
Friday, 4/18: 10am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Monday, 4/21: 10am-5pm
Tuesday, 4/22: 10am-6pm* *Drop-off deadline is 3pm, pick up until 6pm or the next day after 10am
Applications. We recommend that you use one of two applications to create your poster: either PowerPoint or Publisher. Illustrator is also acceptable. In any case, you will want to make the poster one slide (or one page), sized at 36” x 48”.
Font. Do not use non-standard fonts. The best way to avoid disappointment is to embed your fonts directly in your saved file.
In PowerPoint, click Save As in the File menu, and click “Tools” in the upper right hand corner of the toolbar of the box that opens. Then click Save Options, select the Embed TrueType Fonts check box, and then do one of the following:
- To embed only those characters used in the presentation, select Embed characters in use only (best for reducing file size).
- To embed all the characters in the font set, select Embed all characters (best for editing by others).
In Publisher, on the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, and then click Fonts. In the Fonts dialog box, do one of the following:
- Set embedding options for all fonts in your publication. To embed the entire font, select Embed TrueType fonts when saving publication. To embed fonts that are commonly installed on many computers, clear Do not embed common system fonts. To embed only a subset (font subsetting: Embedding a limited number of characters specific to one font, reducing file size.) of the font, select Subset fonts when embedding.
- Set embedding options for individual fonts in your publication. Select the font. Click Embed or Don't Embed.
Graphics. Design to Web standards for maximum resolution, and minimum size. Use graphics that are saved in .gif, .jpeg, or .eps format (this means exporting them if you’re using a special program to create them), and make sure that they do not exceed 300dpi. You should embed objects in your poster, too, just like you would fonts (you can check the help menu on the application you’re using for this).
Backgrounds. Do not use busy, complicated backgrounds, as this will increase the size of your document and make it more difficult to print. When in PowerPoint and Publisher, you should make sure that you set the text box background color to transparent to avoid having the background print over your text.
Borders. There will be an approximately .5” white margin around your poster when it is printed. Make sure that in designing your poster, you do not exceed the margins and force the printer to cut off your text.
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