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The clean layout of this poster makes the reading order so clear that you don�t really need the circled numbers in the heading. I like the circled numbers as a bit of a design, though. But they would be even better if they were used consistently: the fourth column gets a �Cont� heading, but not the second.
The major concern I have is that the text has almost no margins around it. The letters at the start and end of each line are practically kissing the background image. I did a very quick and dirty attempt to widen out the margins:
If I were to keep at this, I would try to move the columns up, so that the white boxes weren�t scraping the edge of the paper, and even out the spacing between the columns. But I think this shows that a slightly wider margin improves the look of the text within the columns.
The graphics, while generally nice, are mostly down in the bottom half of the poster. I would be trying to move those images up closer to eye level if possible.
The background image is simple, so it doesn�t detract too much from the main content of the poster.
Although the logos are tastefully contained in the bottom corner, there are so many that they do start to look a little like a car in NASCAR.
The clean layout of this poster makes the reading order so clear that you don�t really need the circled numbers in the heading. I like the circled numbers as a bit of a design, though. But they would be even better if they were used consistently: the fourth column gets a �Cont� heading, but not the second.
The major concern I have is that the text has almost no margins around it. The letters at the start and end of each line are practically kissing the background image. I did a very quick and dirty attempt to widen out the margins:
If I were to keep at this, I would try to move the columns up, so that the white boxes weren�t scraping the edge of the paper, and even out the spacing between the columns. But I think this shows that a slightly wider margin improves the look of the text within the columns.
The graphics, while generally nice, are mostly down in the bottom half of the poster. I would be trying to move those images up closer to eye level if possible.
The background image is simple, so it doesn�t detract too much from the main content of the poster.
Although the logos are tastefully contained in the bottom corner, there are so many that they do start to look a little like a car in NASCAR.