Gutter In Magazine Layout

To set up the margins and columns go to layout pages margins and columns.

Gutter in magazine layout.

We look for work that challenges re imagines or undermines the status quo. The inside margins closest to the spine of a book or the blank space between two facing pages in the center of a newsletter or magazine is known as the gutter. For this tutorial we re going to use a 12 rows by 12 columns grid with 3 mm spacing. If spreads are very important to the overall look and feel of your book we recommend binding types that lay flat such as saddle stitched booklets spiral bound booklets or wire o booklets.

A grid is used to promote consistency across the page layout and provide a framework for positioning content a well applied grid is the first thing you need to give your layout a professional look. Gutter is a magazine of new scottish and international writing. Submit to gutter magazine. That is striking and beautiful.

To set up the page grid go to the a master spread and choose layout create guides. Set the margins for all four edges top bottom inside and outside as well as the number of columns and the gutter the space between the columns. Gutter magazine is dedicated to creating space for poetry and prose in scotland and beyond. Gutter is an award winning high quality printed journal for fiction and poetry from writers born or living in scotland and featuring literature from around the world the editors believe there is a need for an energetic ambitious magazine dedicated to the best in new scottish writing published in an international context.

The image below shows the underlying structure of the spreads.