Trim: W 206mm x H 271mm
Bleed: W 216mm x H 281mm
Type: W 187mm x H 250mm
Observer Magazine
United Kingdom
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Notes
Publication Day: Sunday
Copy Deadline (Display and Classified): Friday 5pm 10 days prior to publication
For a list of approved repro houses, Bureaus and advertising delivery methods please see the links below:
Delivery Methods: http://www.guardian.co.uk/advertising/electronic-ad-delivery
Approved Senders: http://www.guardian.co.uk/advertising/advertising-specifications
For a list of approved repro houses, Bureaus and advertising delivery methods please see our Ad Info site: http://www.adinfo-guardian.co.uk/general/how-to-advertise/ad-delivery/ad-delivery.shtml
For some general guidelines to designing your ad to make it suitable for print, please see this link: http://specle.net/uk/guardian-news-media/notes/general-guidelines-for-guardian-print-advertising
WE DO NOT accept emailed advertising of any type. You must use one of our approved delivery methods.
We never accept any advertising copy with crop marks, colour bars or other printers marks of any description. Advertising should be supplied to exact dimensions only.
Observer Magazine regular display sizes
Page Bleed
Ads should only ever be delivered to bleed or type sizes, never to trim, which is for information only and represents the physical size of the finished product after bleed has been removed during printing
If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only
Double Page Spread (DPS)
Ads should only ever be delivered to bleed or type sizes, never to trim, which is for information only and represents the physical size of the finished product after bleed has been removed during printing
If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only
Trim: W 412mm x H 271mm
Bleed: W 422mm x H 281mm
Type: W 394mm x H 250mm
Supply as one big page
Half Horizontal
Bleed measurements are supplied for all four sides so that ads can be placed on either the bottom or top of the page. Physically, only bleed from three sides can ever be removed for fractional ads.
If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only
Trim: W 206mm x H 132mm
Bleed: W 216mm x H 142mm
Type: W 187mm x H 120mm
Half Vertical
Bleed measurements are supplied for all four sides so that ads can be placed on either a left-hand or right-hand page. Physically, only bleed from three sides can ever be removed for fractional ads.
If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only
Trim: W 102mm x H 271mm
Bleed: W 112mm x H 281mm
Type: W 92mm x H 250mm
Half Height Double Page Spread
Bleed measurements are supplied for all four sides so that ads can be placed on either the bottom or top of the page. Physically, only bleed from three sides can ever be removed for fractional ads.
If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only
Trim: W 412mm x H 132mm
Bleed: W 422mm x H 142mm
Type: W 394mm x H 120mm
Supply as one big page
3+3 Column Fireplace
This is the measurement for a fireplace ad spanning 6 columns (3 columns on each facing page) plus the gutter of 19mm. Other Fireplace ads can be worked out by adding the appropriate columns required on each page plus 19mm. If in doubt, please ring us for confirmation
Type: W 297mm x H 250mm
Supply as one big page
Observer Magazine Display Columns
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250mm
These column sizes are for ads not covered in the regular sizes above. Small fractional ads do not usually have bleed and should be supplied to their booked depth in millimetres x their column measurement (a 10x2 ad would therefore be 100mm high and 92mm wide)
Columns:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44mm | 92mm | 139mm | 187mm |
Observer Magazine Classified Columns
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240mm
Classified advertising for Observer Magazine is type area only, without bleed. Ad sizes are given as height in cm x width in columns. Depth is usually converted to millimetres for delivery, so: a 10x2 ad would be 100mm (10cm) high and 63 millimetres (2 columns) wide. This measurement method applies to all advertising that doesn't have bleed.
Columns:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30mm | 63mm | 95mm | 128mm | 161mm | 193mm |