https://github.com/polychora-org/8up-zine

A LaTeX template for a single-sheet zine.
https://github.com/polychora-org/8up-zine

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A LaTeX template for a single-sheet zine.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/polychora-org/8up-zine
• Owner: polychora-org
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-09-06T16:22:59.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-01T20:40:54.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T05:13:18.386Z (3 months ago)
• Language: TeX
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• Size: 1.02 MB
• Stars: 40
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# 8up-zine

A LaTeX template for a single-sheet zine.

## Sample Output

| [Screen PDF][screen] | [Print PDF][print]                                                                                               |

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| [![example first page](docs/8up-zine.png?raw=true)][screen] | [![complete booklet](docs/8up-zine-print-final.png?raw=true)][print] |

[screen]: docs/8up-zine.pdf

[print]: docs/8up-zine-print-final.pdf

## Basics

This template is designed to make a booklet with 8 small pages out of a single

sheet of paper, with a few folds and 1 cut,

following

[this technique](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Zine_Making/Putting_pages_together#An_8-sided_zine_from_1_sheet_with_1_cut).

If you've never worked with LaTeX before, it may be easier to

use [LyX](https://www.lyx.org), a editor with a visual interface. You will still

need a TeX distribution for your operating system. Alternatively, you can upload

the

[zip file of this template](https://github.com/completeconcordance/8up-zine/archive/master.zip) to

[ShareLaTeX](https://www.sharelatex.com) without installing anything, though you

will have to make an account. See notes on using ShareLaTeX below.

## Usage

(Note: these instructions are intended for Mac OS X, but should easily be

adaptable for other *nix systems.)

Open `8up-zine.tex` (or `8up-zine.lyx`) and insert your content, taking care

that it fills exactly 8 pages including the front and back cover. (If using LyX,

you must export the file as `8up-zine.tex` by going to the "File" menu ->

"Export" -> "LaTeX (pdflatex).") Then run `make` in the Terminal. This will

generate three files:

- `8up-zine.pdf`: a normal PDF suitable for screens

- `8up-zine-print-step1.pdf`: an intermediate stage with pages two to a sheet.

- `8-up-zine-print-final.pdf`: the complete layout on one sheet.

## ShareLaTeX

The procedure on ShareLaTeX requires no software downloads but is quite

cumbersome. Begin by going to `8up-zine.tex`, editing your content, and clicking

`Recompile`. You then have to download the resulting PDF and upload it into your

project again, as `8up-zine.pdf` (be sure that you use a hyphen, not an

underscore). Then click on `8up-zine-print-step1.tex`, recompile, download, and

re-upload again, this time as `8up-zine-print-step1.pdf`. Finally click on

`8up-zine-print-final.tex` and recompile; the result will be the desired booklet

which you can download and print.