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FYSB 1744: Here/There: Migrant Narratives

This guide accompanies a workshop held in the Barnard Zine Library for Professor Ula's First Year Seminar class. Session led by zine library director Jenna Freedman

Zine Types

One-Page Folding Zine

Note to self: use ledger paper

photo of brown hands with chipped nail polish folding a zine

Templates

Half-Size

Print as booklet 😀 😀 😀

vertical screenshot of the first three pages of the zine "The Legacy of the Blues: The Bounds of Black Queer Performance"

screenshot of "print as booklet"

Quarter-Size

Brain challenge!

screenshot of two blank pages of what will be an eight-page quarter-size zine

four-up page of A Zine Idea for Each Like zine

Storyboard

Paper or Electronic Equivalent

Use actual pieces of paper. Only way it works if spacial intelligence isn't your strong suit. tbh electronic is easier. (Will show that in the next section)

Your favorite wireframe tool?

Spreadsheet

screenshot of a spreadsheet for organizing zine pages. view here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EG7ngc3MeYAz0YWWG9Un916Pys-kMQ5La2MGNR6LJzg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Digital Tools

Google Presentations

  • set page size to 5.5 x 8.5

Fine, Canva

  • set page size to 5.5 x 8.5
  • the default half size isn't right for US paper and will leave you with wide margins

InDesign

Word Works!