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Effective Illustration

Learn key design principles for impactful illustrations in presentations. Check out suggested layouts, font sizes, and color contrasts. Get insights for clear and engaging visuals. Recommended for learners and professionals.

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Effective Illustration

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  1. Effective Illustration Trevor Collins Knowledge Media Institute The Open University, UK

  2. Design guidelines • Checklist for slide masters and overhead transparencies • Horizontal layout • Easy to read, bold font • 36 point type for titles, 30 point and 24 point for text • Maximum of 9 lines of type or equations • Maximum of 10 words per line Effective Illustration

  3. Design guidelines • Colours selected for high contrast • Curves bold, encoded by line pattern or simple labels • No grid lines underlying curves • Clear labels on graph axes • Texts and labels on A4 size sheet readable at 8 feet • 35 mm slides readable at arm’s length • Dots to identify lower left corners of right-side-up 35 mm slides Effective Illustration

  4. Further information • Society for Information Science and Technology • “Guide to Effective Illustration: Images for Presentation and Publication” • http://www.imaging.org/resources/vcguide/ Effective Illustration

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