Ad Specifications,

Ad Sizes details

Scanner Ready Art details

Completed Artwork Client Supplied

All Black Type should be 100% black. Do not imbed colour profiles.  In full page ads with bleeds all ad items should be ¼ inch  in from the final page size  Please indicate whether your file is PC or Mac and which file format was used. Files supplied in their native format can be edited if need be. Please supply a color proof with your file.

We will accept
Adobe PhotoShop All Black Type & black logos etc.  should be 100% black. Save as tiff, pdf or jpeg.
Adobe Ilustrator – overprint black, change fonts to outline and save as illustrator, eps, or  pdf 
QuarkXpress - please convert to PDF files
In Design.  PC
All fonts, pictures and related attachments must be included along with a proof. If using e-mail, please fax or email proof.
File Formats – PDF, tiff, jpeg, eps

Adobe PhotoShop
For optimum results we recommend image resolution of 300 PPI @ 100% size for output. All Black Type should be 100% black.
If space is in “short supply”, feel free to use LZW compression on TIFF’s, Images can be further compressed using “Zip” or “Stuffit” when emailing Do not save files as DCS format.

QuarkXpress
Save file as PDF

Adobe Illustrator
Include all placed images. Include all fonts or  convert all fonts to outline ( if converted to outline we will not be able to edit if necessary). Overprint black. Can be saved as a PDF

DISKS SUPPORTED
recordable CD or DVD in PC format

Note: Artwork created in other programs should be saved as pdf file format.

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Electronic Files details

Sample Ad Sizes details

Fax to 905-967-0474 ( office) OR email Tina Pontes, Graphic Designer - tina@pontesdesign.com

NOTE: Ads not conforming to these guidelines may suffer in quality and/or have difficulty printing.

The Month Ahead claims copyright to all original advertising artwork. No part of this publication may be reproduced with-out the written permission of The Month Ahead. Advertisers in The Month Ahead are fully responsible for ensuring that their subjects in photographs have given full consent for publication.