Swiss style grid poster

This prompt creates a rational Swiss-style poster for an event or topic, with a large Helvetica-style headline, small body text in columns and a single geometric shape in your colour, with lots of white space. Ask for a strict grid and one typeface.

image-swiss-grid-poster — ideogram — 40 words

Swiss International Style poster for "[EVENT OR TOPIC]". Strict grid layout, large Helvetica-style headline flush left, small body text in columns, a single geometric shape in [COLOUR], lots of white space, black and [COLOUR] palette, crisp and rational. --ar 2:3

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Ask for a strict grid and only one typeface for the cleanest Swiss design result.

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What you will get

A Swiss style poster with a strict grid, a large flush-left headline in a Helvetica-like typeface, small body text in columns, one geometric shape in your colour and lots of white space.

Why it works

The International Typographic Style is about order: grids, one typeface, asymmetry and white space. The prompt describes each so the AI does not fall back on decoration. A single shape in one colour adds energy while keeping the design rational.

Common mistake

Several typefaces appear.

Fix: Ask for one sans-serif typeface only, as the tip says.

Also watch for

The body text is gibberish. Ask for grey lines in place of body text, then add real text in Canva.
Decoration creeps in. Ask for no gradients, shadows or textures. Swiss design is flat and rational.

Try a variation: photo version

Ask for a black and white photo cropped tightly into one grid cell, with the headline and shape around it.

Still not right? Add this and run it again

one sans-serif typeface only, grey lines in place of body text, no gradients, shadows or textures, strict left alignment