Ad Specifications,

Ad Sizes details

Scanner Ready Art details

Completed Artwork Client Supplied details

Advertising to be designed by Month Ahead details

Electronic Files

Programs supported Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and PDF, Jpeg and tiff files

File Set-Up
Supply all files in their native format if you wish us to edit if necessary. Include all elements used in the document, all linked images, placed images and imports.
Ensure that the document is proportional to the final size required. Include bleed beyond the trim lines or crop marks of the image and avoid the use of keylines, which don’t print around the outside of the image area.

Include all screen and printer fonts used in the document. Where possible, please provide Colour laser prints of file (final version of ad) can be scanned and sent as an attachment or fax a proof for black and white ad
This will assist us in monitoring problems such as text reflow and allow us to proof copy. Where possible, indicate if colour matching is critical. Please use Pantone or CMYK percentages. For guidelines on file size and resolution see the section on PhotoShop.

When e-mailing PC fonts & files please place them in a folder.  File folders  can be “Zipped” if necessary.   When e-mailing Mac files and fonts place them in a folder and compress them with “Stuffit

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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.