The Zine Arranger is a little web-tool I made to do zine layouts on the computer, so you don't have to manually flip around all of the pages just right before you print. If you have a PDF version of your zine, just load it up on the Zine Arranger, set it up for what size & all you want, and hit Print!

There's also more informaion about using the tool on the itch.io page.

v1.1 Beta Testing

I've been working on a big update for the Zine Arranger recently, and it's almost ready to release! I've added a lot of new size options, and I could use help testing them. Soon, I will release a 'beta version' of the update on this page, so folks can try it out and let me know if anything is going wrong.

Patch Notes

Version 1.1 (pending)

    • New Sizes!!

      I started trying to add a 1/16th size zine option, and then I got SO carried away. I ended up adding SEVEN new sizes. Some of them are so tiny, they're a little silly.

      • 1/12th Size

        Sort of a funky 6x2 Minizine

      • 1/16th Size (Micro-Mini)

        The more typical 4x4 micro zine with the funky folding pattern.

      • 1/24th Size

        Similar to the Micro-Mini, but folded in a 6x4 arrangement.

      • 1/32nd Size

        See how I started getting carried away with this? 8x4.

      • 1/36th

        6x6

      • 1/48th

        8x6. At this point, it starts getting hard for the back cover to fold all the way over all the pages.

      • 1/64th

        8x8!! A very tiny, very silly fellow. If you do double-sided, it'll have 128 pages!

    • Quarter Size - Two Copies Per Sheet

      Normally, Quarter Size zines have two different sets of pages on each sheet, and you'll cut & stack them to make the full zine. This option will print two copies of the same pages on each sheet, so when you cut the stack in half, you'll have two complete zines.

    • Cutting & Folding Guides

      Added options to include lines to mark where to cut and fold the printed zine.

      • Margins

        Prints a solid-line guide around the outer edge of the zine, so if you end up with printer margins, you'll know where to cut.

      • Center

        Prints solid-line guides along the interior edges that will need to be cut.

      • Folds

        Prints a dotted-line guide along edges that need to be folded.

    • 11"x17" and A3 Paper Sizes

      Added buttons to auto-fill 11"x17" and A3 paper dimensions, for the large format zinesters out there!

    • Custom Signature Sizes

      If you look at the spine of most books, you'll notice that there are a bunch of smaller 'booklets' all stitched/glued in to the binding. Each little booklet is called a 'signature'. Most zines are just one signature, with all their sheets are nested in each other and folded together. But if you wanted to make a longer form zine with a more complex binding, now you can set how many sheets go into each signature. (That is to say, full sheets of paper, as printed. There's also a counter that will tell you how many zine pages that will be.)