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How to design a small posterYou use a small poster to make a big impression at close range. To design it, use bold images and high contrasts.

A tabloid page, two average images and brief copy are where the job begins.

The first step will be to look closely at what the photos have to say.

The art department of Roe City College needs a small poster to advertise its next event, a pictorial history of the geisha. The poster will be displayed on indoor walls, windows and tabletops, where it will be viewed mainly at close range.

A good poster is simple and bold. It connects quickly and releases its information easily. Words tell the viewer what, where and when. The design, in this case, must convey drama, mystery and tradition.

We’ve been given two photos from the event, both of average quality, and a small amount of text. We’ll be working in an 11 x 17 (tabloid-size) space. Here’s how to approach the job.

11” x 17”

From:Subject:

Date: To:

Sanji Yosho

January Events Poster

October 15, 2006 3:27 PM PDT

Dexter Mark Abellera

Dexter,

Here’s the copy for our January event. The pix were too big to e-mail, so I’ve uploaded them to our

FTP site; you already have the access code. I’m not thrilled with either pic, but the board felt that

they were pretty iconic so would serve well for the show. The poster needs some drama -- and

some mystery and tradition would be good, too; the geisha culture has a pretty interesting history.

Tabloid-size, portrait format; we figure we’ll display a couple dozen around the campus starting late

November. The show will be pretty nice; I think you’ll like it.

You may e-mail me anytime.

With regards,

Sanji

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Head: Geisha

Subhead: A unique world of tradition, elegance and art

Info: Roe City College, LH Horton Gallery

January 20-23, 6 p.m.

Free & open to the public

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What’s in the pictures? The fan (left) is a simple image with a bold silhouette and a plain background—all good qualities—but it’s too generic to anchor the poster; instead, it may be useful as support. The geisha (1) should convey the story, but the image is weak; it has two focal points (face and box) and many distracting lines and shapes that send the eye to and fro. But she has an interesting face that we might work with. Cropping (2) eliminates the weak parts and retains the strong center of interest.

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Her face tells a deep story Mask out the remaining background,

and the image is transformed into one with real power. Now we begin to see elements of line and contrast that

we didn’t see before. Many ho-hum originals have similarly strong images

inside. The key to discovery is to make it simple, and make it big.

Evaluate the photosAs a rule, you want the photos to carry most of the design load. To do this, you must first find their strengths, then work with the “story” they have to tell.

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Motionless in the center The image is highly triangular. Her shoulders and head form a triangle; her face is triangular; eyes and mouth form a triangle, and the lapels and folds of her kimono are triangular. Her gaze, eyes, eyelids and eyebrows all point down and toward the center.

Such symmetry is naturally motionless and without tension. To mimic that in layout, the photo should be placed at the bottom center, where it’s “on the ground”

at rest. In con-trast, note (inset) that offset and in the air is a tense, unstable position, where photo and layout are not working together.

Where do you put it?The characteristics of a photo help determine where it belongs on a page. In this case, every line points down and toward the center . . .

Black adds dramaTurning the background black adds silence, power and incredible contrast. Her black hair now recedes, while her white face and kimono become the “canvas” against which her black eyes, brows and red lips stand out in arresting relief. Note her head is centered in the poster, which is the strongest position and amplifies its power. The story is in her face, which now has our undivided attention.

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GEISHA How big? Large size usually conveys power, but the biggest possible setting (above) introduces something we don’t want: tension. Its close prox-imity to the edge “con-nects” them like water drops joining across a gap and creates dozens of fussy, irregular shapes. This happens because the letter strokes and the gap are now the same size (inset). The solution is to reduce its size just enough to disconnect it from the edge (left).

Select and set the headline typeBecause a poster has only a few elements to do the work, type plays a bigger-than-usual role in the design, so pay close attention to its style and setting. What to consider:

What typeface? A typeface has many jobs to do—one of which is to be read! It must convey the tone of the event (a pictoral history), reflect the style of its subject (the Japanese geisha), have visual similarities to the photo, and work with, not against, the layout (centered and motionless). Beautiful Centaur does all of this. At a glance, Centaur looks like an ordinary Roman typeface. But it is full of warm idiosyncrasies. Note the serifs circled above are all differ-ent—two are cupped, two are bowed, one curls back; and the letter strokes vary in soft, irregular ways. These are earmarks of a human hand (which categorizes Centaur as a Humanist typeface) and echo the hand-brushed strokes of Japanese characters.

Where? Centered and motionless.

GEISHAGEISHA

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A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ARTROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GEISHA

Finish with the supporting detailThe supporting detail is the small stuff that can be read only up close. It includes a fuller description of the event, the what, where and when, and a small graphic.

The supporting detail completes the poster. It includes a subhead that finishes the story started by the headline; a line that gives the where and when, and the fan, which visually con-veys “tradition, elegance and art.” Subhead and headline—two parts of the same thought—are set in the same typeface, while the utility line is in a plain, readable sans-serif (above). All of it is centered (stable and motionless like the image) and directly in her line of sight. Very strong.

One story, two stories This poster is actually two “stories” in one. The top half is the big story (face and headline), while the bottom half is the small story (face and support-ing detail). You can see below that one is as important as the other.

GEISHASame

typeface ties top to

bottom

A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ARTROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GEISHA

A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ARTROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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GEISHAA UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ART

ROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION ELEGANCE AND ART

ROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY

JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GEISHA

Same elements, two bold variationsScaling the photo up or down intensifies its drama. As you arrange elements, remember to work with, not against, the photo. Center the layout; get color from the image.

Boldly small, boldly large Bold design is usually good design. (1) Make the geisha daringly small, and black becomes the dominant element. Black conveys silence and mystery and here suggests a glimpse into a distant, inscrutable culture. (2) Make her very big, and the image becomes intimate, yet her down-ward gaze remains detached, profes-sional, inaccessible. In both cases, note that all text is at the bottom in her line of sight. 1 2

Text block serves as a pedestal to anchor the photo (stable, no tension). White headline comes forward; gray text recedes and doesn’t compete.

Lip color ties eye shadow, lips, fan and subhead together. Note the fan is the size of her lips, an intentional similarity that strengthens the “line.”

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GEISHA

A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ARTROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

A UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION ELEGANCE AND ART

ROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY

JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GEISHA

GEISHAA UNIQUE WORLD OF TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND ART

ROE CITY COLLEGE, LH HORTON GALLERY | JANUARY 20–23, 6 P.M. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Typefaces

1 (a–e) Centaur MT | a) 370 pt, b) 53 pt c) 226 pt, d) 48/60 pt, e) 220 pt

2 (a–b) Helvetica Condensed Light a) 35 pt, b) 35/53 pt

(All text has +50 letterspacing.)

Images

3 iStockphoto.com

Article resources

Colors

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C0 M0 Y0 K50

C30 M90 Y58 K43

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