14 Infographic Do's and Don'ts to Design Beautiful and Effective Infographics

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Staring at a blank infographic canvas can seem intimidating, but it doesn't have to be that way! First, we always recommend starting with a template.

Having a starting point in your infographic design can make it even easier to get your design off on the right foot. But knowing some best practices and infographic do's and don'ts can help even more.

In this video, Mike Ploger dives into 14 different infographic do's and don'ts that can help you to design beautiful and effective infographics.

Follow along to learn more about each of these infographic design principles:
00:49 Text and Visual Balance
1:40 Fonts and Typography
2:26 Margins
3:07 Spacing
3:45 Color Scheme
4:16 Visual Hierarchy
4:48 Sizing the Elements
5:15 Infographic Size
5:46 Image Quality
6:10 Image Copyrights
6:21 Icons
6:57 Interactivity
7:41 Animation
8:22 Data Widgets
9:00 Legal Issues

Learn even more by watching the whole video! We cover visual balance, font and color choices, margins and spacing, visual hierarchy and more.

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[Vickender]

This is the only video that has given me the right image of what the infographics are and how they are being produced. That's what I have been looking for so long. Thank you!

[HeyImAedRianne]

I'm happy that I discovered this a while ago, because we are doing a lot of organizational charts for online classes. Thank you because this will help me so much!

[micahthelibra]

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[gridhop]

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[jovitogarrote]

thank you....this will help us allot in giving information's to our stakeholders

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[dancu]

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[maunilparekh]

Thank you so Mike Sir
For Beautiful Information

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[freedombearreviews]

Fantastic. I am designing an infoG for class. Thanks for the pointers.

[roannecinco]

I am so greatful you made this video now i can make infographics easier.

[davinjohnson]

Many thanks! Definitely going to use vizme

[bluegiant]

Pretty basic, but a good refresher. Thanks.

[jay-arthepianist]

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[FirdavsiWebDev]

Why don't you have design courses for news? You could create and put them in playlists

[fahdmedia]

Hi! Can we use visme for printing billboards? Is it still sharp after printing?

[chezmaster]

This is just for me, feel free to ignore idc


1: aim to include information as images, only use actual text with essentials

2: stick to 2-3 different fonts and colours for text

3: keep an organised image, eg clean margins

4: design elements need to be evenly spaced and easy to view

5: choose a simple colour scheme and think about what colours to choose

6: visual hierarchy, the most important things should be the easiest to view

7: elements in a design need to be sized appropriately

8: size matters (lmao) in reference to the quality of the infographic

9: use highest resolution possible when using images and DONT USE THINGS THAT DONT BELING TO YOU

10: icons should stick to the same style, again, stay consistent

11: include interactivity, let the audience interact with the infographic

12: animation can catch the audience’s attention

13: include research based data

14: make sure you have permission to use elements on your infographic

15: jesus man okay I get it you want to promote visme

[aleenaescamea]

How many fonts and font colors are recommended?
According to the content creator, what is Visual Hierarchy? Explain with a paragraph
What is his important tip about icons?