Contents page and double page spread guidelines

Contents page

• Multiple images
• If just one image per page, contents should be over 2-3 pages
• Reflect your cover stories
• Largest image should be cover star
• Not all contents is on the contents page
• Weekly= 60    Monthly= 140-180
• Divide contents into sections
• Page number- 6 upwards
• Elements to include= subscription offer, letter from the editor, magazine branding (colour/logos)

Double page spread

• A3 landscape- 300dpi
• Page numbers- Weekly=40s, Monthly=100s
• Dropped Cap
• Pull-out quote
• Got to be in columns- use photoshop for graphics and photos, publisher for columns of text
• Column=no less than 6 words, no more than twelve