We love a zine, they are the gritty underdog of print marketing. Shunning glossy, corporate, sharp and cool styles, zines are packed full of colour and fun and fully embrace an organic look & feel.
A4, A5 & A6 sized, these can be easy enough to fit in a pocket or stacked in a magazine rack.
Once you have placed your order you can upload your print ready artwork. Please allow 3mm bleed on all sides, and supply as a CMYK PDF with all fonts outlined or embedded and with a resolution of 300dpi. Download our templates below to assist with setting up your artwork. To supply artwork for spot UV, please read the Technical Specifications tab.
Low res looking imagery, cut and paste elements, bold font choices and unusual layouts are a nod to the days when layouts were manual and printing was a more laborious and extravagant process.
Nowadays with the invention of incredible design software, creating a zine is comparatively easier. They are brilliant when you want to stand out from the crowd by choosing to be deliberately different. They make fantastic look books and portfolios or as publications for specific shared interests and hobbies. Zines are a great style of publication for indie magazines.
If you're looking for something that appears disruptive, a zine is the publication style for you. They are rough and ready but in a deliberate way. Their style reflects the days when underground publications were illicit so were quickly spun up, laboriously photocopied and dog eared from being shared. Today, they look less handmade but pack a real punch in their ability to look out of place enough to pique interest. Read more about zines on our blog.
Zines are a highly specific designed form of a printed book, you can find our other ranges here: saddle stitched booklets | hardback books | wiro bound booklets | perfect bound booklets | spot UV booklets
UK shipping is free, exceptions apply.
For example, a 40-page brochure should be supplied as one PDF with 40 pages running in page order.
Booklets must contain a page total divisible by 4.
It is recommended you do not place words, page numbers or images too close to the edges of each page. We would recommend a safe zone on all sides of at least 5mm for Saddle Stitched brochures.
For more guidance on how to successfully set up and submit your artwork, see our booklets and brochures help pages.