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) pale grey on white (b) plenty of white space (c) no space between items (d) ten colours at random
- 2.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 50 students. How long is the bar for 450 students (in cm)?
- 3.🖼️ 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)?
- 4.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the margin (b) the small print (c) the page number (d) the main headline
- 5.True or false: icons with short labels makes a clearer layout. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖼️ A poster is 31 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 7.🖼️ What is an infographic? (a) a long essay (b) a song (c) facts shown as pictures (d) a type of camera
- 8.🖼️ A poster is 31 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 9.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) a clear focal point (b) icons with short labels (c) pale grey on white (d) one big headline
- 10.🖼️ A poster is 21 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 11.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) high-contrast colours (b) text over a busy photo (c) icons with short labels (d) a clear focal point
- 12.True or false: high-contrast colours makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 26 students (in cm)?
- 14.🖼️ A poster is 32 cm wide with a 4 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 15.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) long blocks of tiny text (b) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (c) one big headline (d) high-contrast colours
- 16.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: five headlines all big? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 17.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) text over a busy photo (b) one big headline (c) five headlines all big (d) long blocks of tiny text
- 18.🖼️ A poster is 20 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 19.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts scattered anywhere? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 20.🖼️ A poster must be read from far away. Its headline should be … (a) hidden (b) in many fonts (c) big and bold (d) tiny and pale
- 21.🖼️ Which is best for comparing numbers in an infographic? (a) a simple bar chart (b) a random photo (c) a long paragraph (d) a curly font
- 22.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) ten colours at random (c) pale grey on white (d) text over a busy photo
- 23.Which of these makes a less clear layout? (a) facts as a simple chart (b) steps numbered 1, 2, 3 (c) five headlines all big (d) icons with short labels
- 24.🖼️ A layout has 17 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.True or false: long blocks of tiny text makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 2 students. How long is the bar for 16 students (in cm)?
- 27.True or false: icons with short labels makes a less clear layout. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) pale grey on white (b) icons with short labels (c) no space between items (d) five headlines all big
- 29.Which of these makes a clearer layout? (a) five headlines all big (b) high-contrast colours (c) ten colours at random (d) no space between items
- 30.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🖼️ A poster is 41 cm wide with a 2 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 32.True or false: ten colours at random makes a less clear layout. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🖼️ A layout has 27 cm of content width, split into 2 equal columns with a 3 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 35.🖼️ The margin of a poster is … (a) the space at the edges (b) the colour (c) the main photo (d) the title
- 36.🖼️ A layout has 17 cm of content width, split into 3 equal columns with a 1 cm gap between neighbouring columns. How wide is each column (in cm)?
- 37.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: pale grey on white? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 38.True or false: facts scattered anywhere makes a clearer layout. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🖼️ In an infographic bar chart, 1 cm stands for 10 students. How long is the bar for 40 students (in cm)?
- 40.🖼️ 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)?
Answer key
- plenty of white space
- 9
- 17
- the main headline
- True
- 23
- facts shown as pictures
- 29
- pale grey on white
- 19
- text over a busy photo
- False
- 13
- 24
- long blocks of tiny text
- less clear layout
- one big headline
- 16
- less clear layout
- big and bold
- a simple bar chart
- facts as a simple chart
- five headlines all big
- 8
- False
- 8
- False
- icons with short labels
- high-contrast colours
- True
- 37
- True
- 32
- 12
- the space at the edges
- 5
- less clear layout
- False
- 4
- 25
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