Graphic Design Worksheet: Posters and Infographics
Creator's tip (One clear message): Clearer: one big headline, high contrast, white space, short labels, simple charts. Content width = width − 2 × margin; column width = (width − gaps) ÷ columns. Bar length = value ÷ amount for each cm.
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- 1.🖼️ A layout has 26 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 2.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: long blocks of tiny text? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 3.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (b) ten colours at random (c) facts as a simple chart (d) a clear focal point
- 4.🖼️ A layout has 18 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 5.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: text over a busy photo? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 6.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: ten colours at random? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 7.🖼️ A layout has 19 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 8.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) hidden (b) big and bold (c) tiny and pale (d) in many fonts
- 9.🖼️ Which is best for comparing numbers in an infographic? (a) a random photo (b) a curly font (c) a simple bar chart (d) a long paragraph
- 10.True or false: plenty of white space makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 100 students. How long is the bar for 300 students (in cm)?
- 12.🖼️ A poster is 28 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 13.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) plenty of white space (c) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (d) icons with short labels
- 14.True or false: a clear focal point makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🖼️ A poster is 55 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 17.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) pale grey on white (c) five headlines all big (d) facts scattered anywhere
- 18.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 110 students (in cm)?
- 19.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 50 students (in cm)?
- 20.🖼️ A layout has 15 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 21.True or false: five headlines all big makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) five headlines all big (b) no space between items (c) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (d) long blocks of tiny text
- 23.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 2 students (in cm)?
- 24.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 5 students. How long is the bar for 10 students (in cm)?
- 25.🖼️ A poster is 35 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 26.True or false: one big headline makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🖼️ A poster is 37 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 28.🖼️ A poster is 26 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 29.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) facts shown as pictures (b) a type of camera (c) a song (d) a long essay
- 30.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) plenty of white space (b) a clear focal point (c) icons with short labels (d) no space between items
- 31.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) five headlines all big (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) icons with short labels (d) text over a busy photo
- 32.True or false: five headlines all big makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: no space between items? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 34.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: one big headline? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 35.True or false: steps numbered 1, 2, 3 makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 10 students (in cm)?
- 37.🖼️ A layout has 65 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 38.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 100 students. How long is the bar for 1100 students (in cm)?
- 39.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) ten colours at random (b) pale grey on white (c) text over a busy photo (d) facts as a simple chart
- 40.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: five headlines all big? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
Answer key
- 5
- less clear layout
- ten colours at random
- 4
- less clear layout
- less clear layout
- 5
- big and bold
- a simple bar chart
- False
- 3
- 18
- long blocks of tiny text
- True
- False
- 45
- high-contrast colours
- 11
- 1
- 7
- False
- steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- 1
- 2
- 25
- True
- 31
- 22
- facts shown as pictures
- no space between items
- icons with short labels
- True
- less clear layout
- clearer layout
- False
- 1
- 14
- 11
- facts as a simple chart
- less clear layout
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