- What page sizes work best for zines?
- The most common zine format is half-fold US Letter: you print two pages per sheet (side by side on Letter paper), then fold and staple down the middle. This gives you a small, booklet-sized zine. A5 is the near-equivalent metric format. Quarter-fold gives you a tiny 4-panel mini-zine from a single sheet. Pick the format your local print shop can handle, or the one that fits your paper cutter.
- Does this tool upload my images or content anywhere?
- No. All processing happens entirely inside your browser using the Fabric.js canvas library and pdf-lib. Your images, text, and the generated PDF never leave your device. There is no server, no account, and no storage — refreshing the page will clear your work, so export your PDF before closing the tab.
- How do I print the exported PDF as a folded zine?
- For a half-fold zine, open the PDF in your printer dialog and choose Multiple pages per sheet → 2 per sheet (sometimes called "booklet" mode). Fold the printed sheet in half and staple along the spine. For a quarter-fold, print at 100% scale, then fold the sheet in half twice. Remember to arrange pages in the correct reading order when you design them — page 1 should be the front cover, page 2 the inside-front, and so on.