Spandrel Presentation Board Template
Drawing-style title block along the bottom; Newsreader with DM Sans, sage palette. A presentation-board template for architecture students: every board shares one title block and sits on a 24 x 24 grid, so a jury reads the set as one piece of work.
- Boards1
- FormatsA1 landscape, A1 portrait
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsDM Sans, Newsreader
Board by board
What goes on each board, and what a jury looks for there.
| Board | What goes here | What a jury looks for |
|---|---|---|
| Board 1 - Project summary | Hero, concept and diagrams on the left; plan, section and data on the right | The whole project on one board, read left to right |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Newsreader MediumProject title in the title block
- Number
- Newsreader LightBoard number in the title block
- Title
- Newsreader MediumThe one-sentence idea or research question
- Lead
- Newsreader LightSubtitle under the project title
- Heading
- Newsreader MediumBoard titles and text-block headings
- Body
- DM Sans RegularRunning text
- Label
- DM Sans Medium capsSmall labels above text blocks and info fields
- Data
- DM Sans RegularTitle-block info, key, project data
- Caption
- DM Sans RegularImage and drawing captions, scale bar
- Folio
- DM Sans Regular capsSpare small text (credits, notes)
Colours
- Paper
#EEF0EA - Ink
#1F2620 - Grey
#6E766C - Accent
#5C7A5A
Recolour the whole document by editing one swatch. All fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License and come in the download.
What is in the download
- Editable InDesign IDML for landscape and portrait A1: the title block on a master, paragraph styles, swatches and labelled frames. Opens in InDesign CC 2019 or later and in Affinity Publisher.
- Preview PDF and board images of both formats.
- The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
- A user guide: the grid, the title block, drawing scales, making the boards read and exporting for print.


