Scientific Posters Styleguide April 2007
Basics The scientific poster is designed within the Roche CD guidelines as close as possible. It contains basically two sections: the header and the main content. The Roche logo and the height of the header section must not be altered. Document size is 420 x 297 mm (A3) in landscape and portrait mode with templates in Word and Powerpoint format. Header Main content Lead Identification of Histamine 3 receptor inverse agonists Matthias Nettekoven, Susanne Raab, Olivier Roche, Rosa-Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Franz Schuler Pharmaceutical Research, Discovery Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland Header The header contains 3 different headline styles: the main headline (headline 1), a headline for authors (headline 2) and headline for affiliation etc(headline 3). The styles are already preformated in the Word document. Use only these styles. It is possible to add a second line to each headline type. Just make sure that you leave the line spacing intact when you alter the template. Main headline style: headline 1 Font size: 22 pt Line height: 26 pt Lead Identification of Histamine 3 receptor inverse agonists Matthias Nettekoven, Susanne Raab, Olivier Roche, Rosa-Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Franz Schuler Pharmaceutical Research, Discovery Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland style: headline 2 Font: Imago Font size: 14 pt Line height: 26 pt style: headline 3 Font size: 10 pt Line height: 12 pt Portrait template 2 lines of each headline type line 2 line 2 line 2
Don t use capital letters or any alterings on the headline styles DON T USE CAPITAL LETTERS IN HEADLINES DON T USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR AUTHORS DON TUSECAPITALLETTERSATALL Main headline on 2 lines Main headline on 2 lines with incorrect dividing If you have more than one line of text for the main headline, feel free to do so. Make sure, the dividing of the lines makes sense. etc. etc. Ifyouhavemorethanone lineoftextforthe main headline, feel free to do so. Make sure, the dividing of the lines makes sense. etc. etc. Main content The main content is based on a simple grid. In landscape format, there are 2 rows with up to 3 white boxes. The minimum width of a box is 132 mm. The height is 116.5 mm. The gutter between the boxes is 2 mm. In portrait format, the grid contains 3 rows with 1 or 2 white boxes. The minimum width of a box is 137.5 mm. The height is 115 mm. Feel free to combine content boxes as shown in the examples on the following pages. Main content Content box Width: 132 mm Height: 116.5 mm Gutter: 2 mm
Various possibilities to combine content boxes in the landscape template ➎ Various possibilities to combine content boxes in the portrait template line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 ➐ line 2 line 2 line 2 ➐ Content box Width: 137.5 mm Height: 115 mm Gutter: 2 mm
line 2 ➎ line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 line 2 Type is set in black, headlines in blue. For graphics use colors according to the Roche CD guidelines. Be aware that the font sizes in the Powerpoint templates are slightly smaller. Powerpoint does not allow to have 0.5 point steps in font sizes. Content headline style: headline 4 Font size: 11.5 pt Line height: 11 pt Distance after: 22pt Main text style: Standard Font: Imago Font size: 9.5 pt Line height: 11 pt Emphasize text Lead Identification of Histamine 3 receptor inverse agonists Matthias Nettekoven, Susanne Raab, Olivier Roche, Rosa-Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Franz Schuler Pharmaceutical Research, Discovery Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland ➎ Infobox style: Infobox Font: Imago Font size: 9.5 pt Line height: 11 pt Tab stopp: 1.25 cm Intent: 1.25 cm ➎ For graphics use the Roche colors. Graphics are best made with a graphics program Roche colors. Values are in RGB 0/102/204 186/186/186 31/29/33 204/0/51 116/116/186 0/153/102 255/196/20 0/102/204 186/186/186 31/29/33 204/0/51 116/116/186 0/153/102 255/196/20 0/102/204 186/186/186 31/29/33 204/0/51 116/116/186 0/153/102 255/196/20 100% 50% 25%