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: high-contrast colours? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 2.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) pale grey on white (b) five headlines all big (c) plenty of white space (d) ten colours at random
- 3.🖼️ Which is best for comparing numbers in an infographic? (a) a curly font (b) a long paragraph (c) a random photo (d) a simple bar chart
- 4.🖼️ 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)?
- 5.🖼️ A poster is 29 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 6.🖼️ A poster is 50 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 7.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) a clear focal point (b) one big headline (c) icons with short labels (d) pale grey on white
- 8.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) tiny and pale (b) in many fonts (c) big and bold (d) hidden
- 9.🖼️ 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)?
- 10.🖼️ A poster is 48 cm wide with a 3 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 11.🖼️ 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)?
- 12.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 600 students (in cm)?
- 13.🖼️ A poster is 44 cm wide with a 5 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 14.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a long essay (b) facts shown as pictures (c) a type of camera (d) a song
- 15.True or false: five headlines all big makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) facts scattered anywhere (c) a clear focal point (d) one big headline
- 17.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 6 students (in cm)?
- 18.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) text over a busy photo (c) five headlines all big (d) no space between items
- 19.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: one big headline? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 20.True or false: icons with short labels makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) facts as a simple chart (c) plenty of white space (d) text over a busy photo
- 22.True or false: high-contrast colours makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: icons with short labels? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 24.True or false: pale grey on white makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: no space between items? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 26.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the page number (b) the margin (c) the main headline (d) the small print
- 27.🖼️ 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)?
- 28.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the space at the edges (b) the main photo (c) the title (d) the colour
- 29.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) one big headline (c) ten colours at random (d) high-contrast colours
- 30.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) no space between items (b) five headlines all big (c) text over a busy photo (d) a clear focal point
- 31.True or false: text over a busy photo makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 20 students. How long is the bar for 180 students (in cm)?
- 33.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 5 students. How long is the bar for 40 students (in cm)?
- 34.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: one big headline makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: text over a busy photo? (a) clearer layout (b) less clear layout
- 37.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) icons with short labels (c) facts as a simple chart (d) a clear focal point
- 38.🖼️ 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)?
- 39.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 2 students (in cm)?
- 40.🖼️ 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)?
Answer key
- clearer layout
- plenty of white space
- a simple bar chart
- 16
- 25
- 40
- pale grey on white
- big and bold
- 14
- 42
- 8
- 12
- 34
- facts shown as pictures
- False
- facts scattered anywhere
- 3
- high-contrast colours
- clearer layout
- False
- text over a busy photo
- True
- clearer layout
- False
- less clear layout
- the main headline
- 9
- the space at the edges
- ten colours at random
- a clear focal point
- True
- 9
- 8
- False
- False
- less clear layout
- long blocks of tiny text
- 41
- 1
- 46
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