how to make a zine.

If you’re creating a physical master copy of your zine, remember that each folded piece of paper is four different pages of your zine—and they are not all consecutive! The first page will be on the same piece of paper as the last page, for instance. (See the illustration above.) For that reason, all folded zines must have a page count that’s divisible by four. After you’ve decided the number of pages your booklet will have, fold your zine and number the pages with pencil before getting started. That way, you won’t get confused.

If you’re working digitally, you can create each page individually and save as a normal PDF. Your pages should each be 5.5” x 8.5” and your page count must still be divisible by four.