Zine template
A mini zine of eight small pages from one sheet of paper: fold it, make one cut, and fold it again. The template marks every fold, the one cut in red, and which box becomes which page, with the top row upside down so the pages read the right way once folded.
Choose blank boxes for drawing or lined boxes for writing, on US Letter or A4: the folds only land on the lines when the template matches your paper. The folding steps are below, and on a sheet to print.
Paper:
Zine template, A4
Zine template, lined
Zine template, lined, A4
How to make a zine
How to make a zine
- Print the template on one sheet, landscape, at Actual size, and fill in the eight boxes: front cover, pages 2 to 7, back cover. The top row prints upside down on purpose.
- Fold the sheet in half the long way, crease it, and open it.
- Fold it in half the short way, then fold each end back to the middle fold, and open it flat again: the creases now mark the eight boxes.
- Fold it in half the short way and cut along the red line, from the fold to the end of the line. Only the middle two boxes are cut.
- Open it, fold it the long way, and push the two ends toward each other: the cut opens into a diamond, then flattens into a booklet. Wrap the pages around so the front cover is on the outside, and crease the spine.
A zine is a small, self-published magazine. The one-sheet fold is the classic way to make one, because it needs no stapler and copies cheaply: make one, then photocopy the flat sheet as many times as you like. Comics, recipes, poems, a guide to your town, a fan club newsletter: anything that fits on seven small pages works.
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