Slide design: Design your slides with legible fonts and strong contrast to make your message clear
The font, colours and contrast you pick make your slides easier, or harder, to read.
Backgrounds: Dark backgrounds with light writing makes it easier to read in a darker room. Dark writing with a light background makes it easier to read in a light room. It makes the writing pop.
Fonts: San serif (Arial) is easier to read on a presentation, while serif (times new roman etc) is easier to read in books.
Colours: Make sure there is sufficient contrast between the background and the text. the more contrast the better.
Remember: less is more. Always think Billboard when designing slides, don’t think document!
Slide design: contrast and font
Richard Riche
Engagement and communication specialist at One Clear Message
Richard specialises in helping you build real human communication skills.TED style speaking and presentation skills, Emotional Intelligence skills, Employee Engagement/Experience, building high performance teams and a great place you want to work. One Clear Message offers training, consulting and coaching.
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