ColoursĪvoid trying to match colours throughout the booklet. If you must have elements that cross the spine, make sure your artwork follows our guidelines for making it work.ĭon’t use borders they’ll look terrible. You’ll also need to allow for the bleed being trimmed off – ask us if you’re not sure. It’s best to avoid them or accept that there will be some vertical movement throughout your Booklet. It’s unlikely that objects which cross pages will line up exactly. While doing this, pay careful attention to the imposition. If you want to supply landscape pages on a portrait booklet, just rotate the content of the pages yourself so they fit in the orientation required by the product specification (For example, the back page should be rotated clockwise and the front page and all other pages rotated anti-clockwise). Consistent orientationĮach template has a specific orientation, either landscape or portrait. The dotted line shown here (not an artwork item) indicates the finished size of the booklet. Note that they are separate pages, arranged as a spread. Our process chops this off and merges the spine together. You even need to add bleed to the edge which forms the spine. Add 3mm to all sides of your page – a total of 6mm across each axis.
Look at the finished page size of the Booklet. Please don’t supply as “printer’s pairs” or spreads.īooklets need more bleed than other products. You can supply as a multi-page document or as one document per page. Avoid design elements that cross the spineĬreate a separate page in your artwork for each page of your Booklet.If you have any questions then it’s best to call us before you start work – it may save you some headaches later on.
Download the appropriate InDesign Template to start your design from.