Mark McDayter has some well-developed suggestions–along with many specifics–about how students in arts and humanities can optimally design a poster.

This is not a quick read, but if you skim initially and read the bold headings–then go back later to see why he makes the suggestions he does–the advice makes a lot of sense. At the end of his web page, he also links to several other helpful resources.

 

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