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 of these makes a clearer layout? (a) five headlines all big (b) no space between items (c) a clear focal point (d) facts scattered anywhere
- 2.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) icons with short labels (b) no space between items (c) facts as a simple chart (d) one big headline
- 3.🖼️ A poster is 58 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 4.True or false: steps numbered 1, 2, 3 makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the page number (b) the small print (c) the margin (d) the main headline
- 6.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: text over a busy photo? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 7.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) icons with short labels (b) facts as a simple chart (c) ten colours at random (d) a clear focal point
- 8.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a long essay (b) facts shown as pictures (c) a type of camera (d) a song
- 9.🖼️ A poster is 54 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 10.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 400 students (in cm)?
- 11.🖼️ A poster is 25 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 12.🖼️ A poster is 29 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 13.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts as a simple chart? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 14.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) in many fonts (b) tiny and pale (c) big and bold (d) hidden
- 15.🖼️ A poster is 22 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 16.True or false: no space between items makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🖼️ A poster is 56 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 18.🖼️ 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)?
- 19.🖼️ A poster is 24 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 layout has 44 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 21.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 40 students (in cm)?
- 22.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 10 students (in cm)?
- 23.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 650 students (in cm)?
- 24.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: facts as a simple chart makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 280 students (in cm)?
- 27.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) text over a busy photo (c) pale grey on white (d) long blocks of tiny text
- 28.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) one big headline (b) facts as a simple chart (c) a clear focal point (d) five headlines all big
- 29.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: plenty of white space? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 30.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) text over a busy photo (b) no space between items (c) ten colours at random (d) steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- 31.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the main photo (b) the title (c) the colour (d) the space at the edges
- 32.🖼️ A layout has 11 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.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) no space between items (b) long blocks of tiny text (c) one big headline (d) five headlines all big
- 34.🖼️ 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)?
- 35.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) facts scattered anywhere (b) one big headline (c) plenty of white space (d) icons with short labels
- 36.🖼️ 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)?
- 37.🖼️ A layout has 22 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 2 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 38.🖼️ 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)?
- 39.True or false: no space between items makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖼️ A poster is 31 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
Answer key
- a clear focal point
- no space between items
- 48
- False
- the main headline
- less clear layout
- ten colours at random
- facts shown as pictures
- 52
- 8
- 17
- 19
- clearer layout
- big and bold
- 20
- True
- 52
- 40
- 16
- 14
- 4
- 5
- 13
- True
- False
- 14
- facts as a simple chart
- five headlines all big
- clearer layout
- steps numbered 1, 2, 3
- the space at the edges
- 5
- one big headline
- 21
- facts scattered anywhere
- 9
- 6
- 4
- False
- 25
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