1. Don't act like a graphic designer. You're not one. You'll screw up your poster very badly.
2. Don't ask your poly friends who are studying to be graphic designers. They have no idea what a scientific poster is and will screw up your poster very beautifully.
3. A font size more than 36 will leave you too little space for important info. A font size less than 36 will have your judges leaning uncomfortably toward you while you're presenting.
4. Judges are like birds. Do everything in primary colors.
5. If your important info is in graphs, your poster is going to be boring. Inevitable.
6. Always have one amazingly beautiful photo to point to, even when it is completely irrelevant.
7. NEVER use MS Paint for drawing your diagrams.
8. Using a weird font indicates the font is more interesting than the project itself.
9. If you built something as part of the project, give it to the judge at the start. He'll play with the toy more than he will look at your poster.
10. If all else fails, use LaTex. Better to be part of the uncreative horde than fail spectacularly.
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