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 poster is 58 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 2.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) text over a busy photo (c) plenty of white space (d) pale grey on white
- 3.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a long essay (b) a type of camera (c) a song (d) facts shown as pictures
- 4.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: pale grey on white? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 5.🖼️ A poster is 40 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 6.True or false: facts as a simple chart makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: a clear focal point? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 8.True or false: five headlines all big makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) in many fonts (b) big and bold (c) hidden (d) tiny and pale
- 10.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) high-contrast colours (c) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (d) ten colours at random
- 11.🖼️ A layout has 12 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 12.True or false: pale grey on white makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) ten colours at random (b) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (c) text over a busy photo (d) pale grey on white
- 14.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🖼️ A layout has 25 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 16.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the title (b) the space at the edges (c) the colour (d) the main photo
- 17.🖼️ A poster is 26 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 18.True or false: a clear focal point makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🖼️ A poster is 57 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 20.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 8 students (in cm)?
- 21.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 100 students (in cm)?
- 22.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) text over a busy photo (b) five headlines all big (c) pale grey on white (d) a clear focal point
- 23.🖼️ A poster is 27 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 24.🖼️ A layout has 13 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 25.🖼️ A poster is 42 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 26.🖼️ A poster is 43 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 27.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the main headline (b) the small print (c) the margin (d) the page number
- 28.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: ten colours at random? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 29.True or false: one big headline makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) one big headline (b) icons with short labels (c) plenty of white space (d) text over a busy photo
- 31.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 20 students (in cm)?
- 32.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 160 students (in cm)?
- 33.🖼️ A layout has 54 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 34.🖼️ A poster is 50 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 35.🖼️ A poster is 25 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 36.True or false: icons with short labels makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: long blocks of tiny text? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 38.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: icons with short labels? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 39.🖼️ A layout has 47 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 40.🖼️ A poster is 21 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
Answer key
- 50
- plenty of white space
- facts shown as pictures
- less clear layout
- 38
- True
- clearer layout
- True
- big and bold
- ten colours at random
- 5
- False
- steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- False
- 4
- the space at the edges
- 18
- True
- 49
- 4
- 5
- a clear focal point
- 17
- 6
- 36
- 41
- the main headline
- less clear layout
- True
- text over a busy photo
- 1
- 8
- 12
- 46
- 21
- True
- less clear layout
- clearer layout
- 15
- 17
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