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.🖼️ 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
- 2.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) text over a busy photo (b) ten colours at random (c) long blocks of tiny text (d) facts as a simple chart
- 3.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts scattered anywhere? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 4.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) in many fonts (b) big and bold (c) tiny and pale (d) hidden
- 5.🖼️ 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)?
- 6.True or false: no space between items makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🖼️ A layout has 22 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 8.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: icons with short labels? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 9.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the main photo (b) the colour (c) the space at the edges (d) the title
- 10.True or false: long blocks of tiny text makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) one big headline (b) icons with short labels (c) facts as a simple chart (d) no space between items
- 12.🖼️ A layout has 42 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 13.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 280 students (in cm)?
- 14.True or false: a clear focal point makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: facts as a simple chart makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: steps numbered 1, 2, 3? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 17.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) a clear focal point (b) facts as a simple chart (c) ten colours at random (d) steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- 18.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 5 students. How long is the bar for 50 students (in cm)?
- 19.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) five headlines all big (d) steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- 20.🖼️ A poster is 25 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 21.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) one big headline (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) a clear focal point (d) plenty of white space
- 22.True or false: icons with short labels makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 180 students (in cm)?
- 24.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 100 students. How long is the bar for 1000 students (in cm)?
- 25.🖼️ A poster is 43 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 26.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts as a simple chart? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 27.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: five headlines all big? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 28.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) a clear focal point (b) facts as a simple chart (c) high-contrast colours (d) text over a busy photo
- 29.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (c) a clear focal point (d) pale grey on white
- 30.True or false: five headlines all big makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 130 students (in cm)?
- 32.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 5 students. How long is the bar for 25 students (in cm)?
- 33.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 750 students (in cm)?
- 34.True or false: no space between items makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: pale grey on white makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 5 students. How long is the bar for 40 students (in cm)?
- 37.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 220 students (in cm)?
- 38.🖼️ A poster is 49 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 39.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a long essay (b) facts shown as pictures (c) a type of camera (d) a song
- 40.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) pale grey on white (c) plenty of white space (d) five headlines all big
Answer key
- a simple bar chart
- facts as a simple chart
- less clear layout
- big and bold
- 4
- False
- 10
- clearer layout
- the space at the edges
- False
- no space between items
- 12
- 14
- False
- False
- clearer layout
- ten colours at random
- 10
- steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- 23
- facts scattered anywhere
- True
- 9
- 10
- 37
- clearer layout
- less clear layout
- text over a busy photo
- pale grey on white
- False
- 13
- 5
- 15
- True
- False
- 8
- 11
- 43
- facts shown as pictures
- plenty of white space
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