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Zine Maker is built for larger screens. Laying out and printing an A5 zine needs a mouse and a wide workspace.

Open davidedemattia.com/zine-saddle-a5 on a computer to start.

ZINE MAKER · A5 saddle-stitch

📖 Saddle-stitch assembly
✎ Cover & back text

Front cover (page 1)

Back cover (last page)

Text sits on top of the photo of that page. Titles use Montserrat, the body uses Inter. On the printed sheet the back cover is upside down; the tool rotates the text with it, so it reads upright once assembled.

Create an A5 saddle-stitch photo zine

Lay out and print a stapled A5 booklet from your photos. Nothing is uploaded — everything stays in your browser. Print double-sided on A4, fold each sheet, nest them, and staple twice on the spine.

  1. Drop photos into the boxes in reading order: box 1 = front cover, last = back cover.
  2. Choose 1 or 2 photos per inner page, adjust framing, add cover and back text.
  3. Print a test sheet first, check the back aligns, then print the whole zine.

Inner pages get a white safety border (thicker on the spine side) so no photo falls on the fold. The cover and back print edge-to-edge.

Print settings (critical for sizing): choose Scale → 100% (never “Fit to page”), Margins → None, uncheck headers and footers, enable Print backgrounds. Keep double-sided on flip on long edge (your printer’s default).
Always run “Print test sheet” first: it prints only sheet 1 with page numbers so you can confirm the back lines up before committing paper.
Assembly: fold each A4 in half (short edge to short edge) to A5, nest the sheets in order, then staple twice on the centre fold. Print shortcut: Ctrl+P.