I've developed a number of tools to simplify the publishing of small zines.
Zines of just 8 or 16 pages, printed on a single sheet (or more) of paper.
I'm happy to share them as well to encourage you to make, create, print, and share offline!
8 pages - one sheet
Single-sided printing (borderless), no staples, no glue
Portrait format
8 pages - one sheet, double sided
Double-sided printing (borderless), with staples, no glue
Landscape format
Fun :: include a poster as extra page
16 pages - one sheet, double sided
Double-sided printing (borderless, on the short edge), with staples, no glue
Portrait format
2.1 Fold the paper in half lengthwise and widthwise, and then once more widthwise from both sides; now you have essentially folded all the mini pages.
2.2 Cut the page, so you have A and B separate (automatically C and D as well)
2.3 Put B on A
2.4 Put 2 staples in it
2.5 And fold it to your zine
16 mini pages - one sheet, single sided
Single-sided printing (borderless), no staples, glue
Portrait format
3.1 Fold the paper in half lengthwise and widthwise, and then once more widthwise from both sides; now you have essentially folded all the mini pages.
3.2 Make the three cuts as displayed
3.3 Fold the mini pages starting from the left bottom
3.4 After everything is fold, make sure to put the first page (back cover) around all the pages
3.5 You can attach that page (back cover) with a little glue on the last page
I just love making zines.
It is all about creating something, getting it printed, doing things together, and sharing it offline in the real world.
Therefore I created these tools to make it easy and free for everyone to create a zine using just one sheet (or more) of paper.
This is not a commercial product! And I give no guarantees and am not responsible for the content you create and distribute through the use of these tools!
Have fun, suggestions or improvements, feel free to an mail!
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