Rank Information Deliberately

Supplied materials

• Paper and a pencil for a labeled poster plan. You can type the title, instruction and credit sizes.
• Read this example: The brief makes title largest, instruction next, credit smallest. Candidate sizes are title 24, instruction 12, credit 8. Which allocation meets that rank? Supplied candidates: (A) All three 12 (B) Title 12; instruction 24; credit 8 (C) Title 24; instruction 12; credit 8 (D) Title 8; instruction 12; credit 24.
• Try this question: The brief makes title largest, instruction next, credit smallest. Candidate sizes are title 30, instruction 10, credit 9. Which allocation meets that rank? Supplied candidates: (A) All three 10 (B) Title 10; instruction 30; credit 9 (C) Title 30; instruction 10; credit 9 (D) Title 9; instruction 10; credit 30.

Learn the idea

Visual hierarchy gives parts of a design different priorities through size or space. Check that the title, instruction and credit follow the order in the directions.

Reason through the supplied case: The ordering is 24>12>8, matching all three priorities. Hierarchy is a deliberate cue, not a guarantee of legibility; an actual poster would also need readable forms, value contrast and space between elements.

Size ordering is only one design property. A plan still needs readable forms, contrast and spacing in its actual format; the numeric rank is not a full usability test.

1. Read the poster directions. Put the title, instruction and credit in their requested size order.
2. Compare 24, 12 and 8 to explain why the title is largest, the instruction next and the credit smallest.
3. Try the question and all three practice questions before checking their answers.
4. Plan a poster with title size twenty-four, instruction size twelve and credit size eight; explain the rank.
5. Check your work: The three assigned sizes follow the brief’s priority order and remain distinctly labeled.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Try one more question: The brief makes title largest, instruction next, credit smallest. Candidate sizes are title 36, instruction 18, credit 10. Which allocation meets that rank? Supplied candidates: (A) All three 18 (B) Title 10; instruction 18; credit 36 (C) Title 18; instruction 36; credit 10 (D) Title 36; instruction 18; credit 10. Answer: Title 36; instruction 18; credit 10. The ordering is 36>18>10, matching all three priorities. Hierarchy is a deliberate cue, not a guarantee of legibility; an actual poster would also need readable forms, value contrast and space between elements. Now make your own work: Plan a poster with title size twenty-four, instruction size twelve and credit size eight; explain the rank. Check your work: The three assigned sizes follow the brief’s priority order and remain distinctly labeled.

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