Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee by
Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee by
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Typeface: Helvetica / Helvetica Neue
Using a neutral typeface with a large family allows you to establish visual hierarchy by differentiating visual information using italics and different weights.
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Typography Rules
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Decorative Elements
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Never use justify, use right align or left align. Justify creates uneven gaps.
Use basic shapes & lines to create pattern as a background and express the mood for the event you are creating the poster for.
Simple Color Guide
Keep to 2 colors for the background or it will be too messy and visually disturbing. Black Authority, neutral
White Pure, neutral
Blue Corporate, male, calm
Purple Mysterious
Green Nature, peace
Pink Female
Red Energy, anger
Yellow Happiness
Helvetica
Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee by
Grid System & Layout in Microsoft Word
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Remove the limits Adjust the scroll bars at the top right to the ends for left to right, top to bottom. (red circled areas)
Go to the tab layout (green circle). Click grid (blue circle)
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Set up the grid
Key in the options as stated in the table. You should see you grid appear.
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Grid System & Layout in Microsoft Word
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Proposed layout
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS Patterns
Keep it simple, apply 2 colours to 2 basic shape or line as the pattern as shown.
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
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Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee
TITLE / EVENT Place title of event around the centre of the poster. Aligned right at this position. (Bolded text, black text)
Information of lower priority eg. time/date
Information here is important to the event but of lower hierarchy. (Italic/smaller font size/lighter weight text)
Additional information eg. contact/website
Sponsor Icons
Information here is of less important than those in the middle section. (Italic/smaller font size/lighter weight text)
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee by
Grid System & Layout in Microsoft Word
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS Patterns
Keep it simple, apply 2 colours to 2 basic shape or line as the pattern as shown.
TITLE / EVENT
Place title of event around the centre of the poster. Aligned right at this position. (Bolded text, black text)
Information of lower priority eg. time/date
Information here is important to the event but of lower hierarchy. (Italic/smaller font size/lighter weight text)
Additional information eg. contact/website
Sponsor Icons
Information here is of less important than those in the middle section. (Italic/smaller font size/lighter weight text)
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING INTO THE RED LINES EXCEPT PATTERNS
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Alternate layouts
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Guide To Making An Effective Poster With Non-Designer Softwares TeePee TeePee by
Grid System & Layout in Microsoft Word
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Exporting and printing Due to incompatibility and version differences between MIcrosoft Words, it is adviced that you export your completed poster in PDF format before printing it on another computer. Your saved copy of your poster using the .doc or .docx format might cause elements within the poster to move out of their alignment which affects printing.
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