The supporting text is then presented in brief segments along with appropriate illustrations, and the significance of the findings is made forcefully and concisely clear at the end. Handouts of the abstract may be made available for interested viewers. A cleaner look is achieved if the caption is mounted on the same board as the illustration. A half-inch or so of the colored poster board extending beyond the edge of an illustration attractively frames it. Select the mounting color carefully so that it does not overpower the picture.
Posters often have to be taken to distant meetings.
You may have only a short time to set up your display, so prepare for this in advance. Set up a level line, if needed, by tying the string between two push-pins set a measured distance above the bottom of the display board. The poster elements can be fastened to the board without visible attachments as shown in Figure 6, or can be attached with the pins, or with lots of double-stick tape. When you remove the display, if you've used the double-stick tape, put a sheet of tissue paper between the components when stacking them to keep them from sticking together. A method of invisibly attaching poster components to display board.