Design tips for PowerPoint

3. Make it big

Make it big

• Visuals should be readable from the back of the room.
• Use a large font (at least 24 points).
• Avoid overly elaborate typefaces. Choose a simple font, like Helvetica, Arial or Times.
• Don’t use all capitals. Blocks of text are hard to read.
• Make sure captions on pictures or graphs can be clearly seen from the back of the room.