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.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: steps numbered 1, 2, 3? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 2.🖼️ A layout has 26 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 3.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) five headlines all big (c) no space between items (d) facts scattered anywhere
- 4.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (b) text over a busy photo (c) pale grey on white (d) five headlines all big
- 5.True or false: ten colours at random makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: five headlines all big? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 7.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts scattered anywhere? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 8.🖼️ A poster is 42 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 9.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the small print (b) the main headline (c) the margin (d) the page number
- 10.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) facts shown as pictures (b) a long essay (c) a song (d) a type of camera
- 11.True or false: five headlines all big makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🖼️ A poster is 41 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 13.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the space at the edges (b) the colour (c) the main photo (d) the title
- 14.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) one big headline (b) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (c) pale grey on white (d) facts as a simple chart
- 15.🖼️ A poster is 33 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 16.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: one big headline? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 17.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) in many fonts (b) hidden (c) tiny and pale (d) big and bold
- 18.🖼️ Which is best for comparing numbers in an infographic? (a) a random photo (b) a simple bar chart (c) a long paragraph (d) a curly font
- 19.🖼️ A poster is 38 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 20.🖼️ A poster is 39 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 21.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 90 students (in cm)?
- 22.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) facts scattered anywhere (b) text over a busy photo (c) icons with short labels (d) pale grey on white
- 23.True or false: plenty of white space makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: one big headline makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🖼️ A layout has 69 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 26.🖼️ A poster is 28 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 27.🖼️ A layout has 27 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 28.🖼️ A layout has 45 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 29.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 20 students (in cm)?
- 30.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) pale grey on white (c) facts scattered anywhere (d) facts as a simple chart
- 31.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) one big headline (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) text over a busy photo (d) pale grey on white
- 32.🖼️ A poster is 60 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 33.🖼️ A poster is 47 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 34.True or false: pale grey on white makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: high-contrast colours makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: long blocks of tiny text makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: icons with short labels makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 6 students (in cm)?
- 39.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 40 students (in cm)?
- 40.🖼️ A poster is 47 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
Answer key
- clearer layout
- 12
- high-contrast colours
- steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- True
- less clear layout
- less clear layout
- 40
- the main headline
- facts shown as pictures
- True
- 35
- the space at the edges
- pale grey on white
- 31
- clearer layout
- big and bold
- a simple bar chart
- 30
- 35
- 9
- icons with short labels
- False
- False
- 15
- 24
- 13
- 9
- 10
- facts as a simple chart
- one big headline
- 50
- 39
- False
- True
- False
- True
- 3
- 4
- 45
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