Research Poster Designer

Standard poster sizes vary by conference. Most common: 48" wide × 36" tall (landscape) or 36" wide × 48" tall (portrait) in the US. International conferences often use A0 (33.1" × 46.8") or A1 (23.4" × 33.1") sizes. Always check your specific conference guidelines - size requirements are strictly enforced and wrong sizes may not fit display boards. Plan your poster design at full scale even if printing smaller test versions. Leave 1-2 inches margin on all sides for printing and mounting. Contact conference organizers if dimensions are unclear - better to ask than print the wrong size.

Posters should be visually dominated by figures, graphs, and images, not dense text. Aim for 300-800 words total (excluding references). Use large fonts: title 72-100pt, section headers 48-60pt, body text 24-36pt. Attendees should grasp your main message from 6 feet away in 30 seconds. Use bullet points, not paragraphs. Focus on "what we did," "what we found," and "why it matters." Detailed methodology and full results should be in your accompanying handout, not crowding your poster. If attendees cannot read your poster from across the aisle, you have too much text or too-small fonts.

Standard poster sections: (1) Title, Authors, Affiliations (top center), (2) Introduction/Background (brief context, 1-2 key references), (3) Research Question or Hypothesis, (4) Methods (concise - design, participants, measures, analysis), (5) Results (primarily figures/tables with brief text), (6) Discussion/Conclusions (key findings, implications, limitations), (7) References (only essential citations), (8) Acknowledgments (funding, contributors), (9) Contact Information. Optional: QR code linking to full paper/slides. Arrange in logical flow (usually left-to-right, top-to-bottom columns). Not all traditional paper sections fit posters - prioritize visual results over dense methodology.