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.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the page number (b) the margin (c) the main headline (d) the small print
- 2.🖼️ A poster is 39 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 3.🖼️ A layout has 39 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 4.🖼️ A layout has 28 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 5.🖼️ A layout has 61 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 6.🖼️ A layout has 29 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 7.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) text over a busy photo (b) facts as a simple chart (c) long blocks of tiny text (d) five headlines all big
- 8.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (d) plenty of white space
- 9.True or false: icons with short labels makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) icons with short labels (b) high-contrast colours (c) pale grey on white (d) plenty of white space
- 11.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: long blocks of tiny text? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 12.🖼️ A poster is 41 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 13.🖼️ A poster is 45 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 14.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) ten colours at random (b) pale grey on white (c) icons with short labels (d) facts scattered anywhere
- 15.🖼️ 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)?
- 16.🖼️ A layout has 30 cm of content width, split into 4 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 17.🖼️ 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)?
- 18.🖼️ 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)?
- 19.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: high-contrast colours? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 20.True or false: one big headline makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts scattered anywhere? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 22.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 100 students. How long is the bar for 1200 students (in cm)?
- 23.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: five headlines all big? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 24.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 400 students (in cm)?
- 25.🖼️ 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)?
- 26.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: ten colours at random? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 27.🖼️ A layout has 29 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 28.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 60 students (in cm)?
- 29.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: no space between items? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 30.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 6 students (in cm)?
- 31.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 28 students (in cm)?
- 32.🖼️ A layout has 9 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 33.🖼️ A poster is 34 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 34.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 220 students (in cm)?
- 36.True or false: pale grey on white makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖼️ A poster is 60 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 38.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a song (b) a long essay (c) a type of camera (d) facts shown as pictures
- 39.🖼️ A poster is 27 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 40.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) five headlines all big (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) pale grey on white (d) plenty of white space
Answer key
- the main headline
- 29
- 9
- 8
- 13
- 14
- facts as a simple chart
- facts scattered anywhere
- False
- pale grey on white
- less clear layout
- 39
- 35
- icons with short labels
- 18
- 6
- 12
- 49
- clearer layout
- False
- less clear layout
- 12
- less clear layout
- 8
- 6
- less clear layout
- 13
- 6
- less clear layout
- 3
- 14
- 4
- 32
- False
- 11
- False
- 56
- facts shown as pictures
- 21
- plenty of white space
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