Friend of the blog Mike Taylor gave me the okay to share this poster some time ago. Get out your 3-D glasses, and click to enlarge!
Part of what gives this poster its style is the serif type. At a glance I was reasonably sure that it was not Time New Roman, which a closer inspection confirmed:
Serifs can sometimes be difficult to see at a distance, but the large size and generous spacing keep it legible.
Big photograph taking up a lot of the space? Love it. When this is on the poster board, it should sit right at eye level.
The layout of the poster clearly shows this poster is meant to be read across in rows. The single continuous margin between the second and final rows signals that clearly.
What about the 3-D glasses I mentioned? It isn’t immediately obvious, but the photograph in the lower right corner can be viewed in 3-D using red-green glasses. I love it when posters can break into the third dimension, and it’s a shame that this technique is a bit tricky to implement.
If you want to use this 3-D technique, there are two pain points.
First, you need to get your own 3-D glasses, since conference goers are not likely to be carrying their own in their backpack. A super quick search shows that you can get them for as little as 45 cents or less, but you have to buy in bulk. Personally, I think that is a reasonably small fraction of what going to a conference costs.
Second, you need test the printer your poster will be printed from. Ink on paper may not look the same as light on a computer screen. To work well, the tint of the glasses has to match the colours on the printed image. The more exact the match of the colour on the lens to the colour on the paper, the better. I suggest making a small version of the 3-D image that can be printed alone to test how it looks with your glasses, so you don’t have to print the entire poster.
Thank you, Mike, for sharing!
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