I made my So you want to make a public comment! mini-zine in Adobe InDesign, and I figured I could save someone else a few steps to making a mini-zine by releasing a template based on that work.
Thank you to Cupcake Ipsum for generating the placeholder text in this zine!
License
This mini-zine template for InDesign is marked CC0 1.0. To view a copy of this mark, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. I've dedicated the template to the public domain by waiving all of my rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law, and you can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Go have fun making mini-zines!
Download the mini-zine template for InDesign
Once you print a mini-zine you've made with this template, you'll need to fold it:
- Fold the printed mini-zine page in half, then half in again, and then in half again as shown.
When you open the piece of paper, each of the pages should fit fully within a set of folds.
- With the mini-zine page completely open, fold it in half with short ends touching ("hamburger style") so the text is on the outside. Using scissors, cut a across the dotted line.
When you reopen your paper, there will be a slit in the middle of the sheet.
- Fold the paper in half lengthwise with long ends touching ("hotdog style"), hold the paper at either end, and fold the sheet into itself to form an 8-page booklet.
Make sure the cover is on the front; the italicized license information will be on the bottom of the backcover.
You're final mini-zine will look something like this (but with your zine's content, of course!):
