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Specifications

Specifications

TIME INC. DIGITAL ADVERTISING STANDARDS

With the arrival of a digital era in the graphic arts industry, a lack of agreeable standards hindered the progress of increasingly efficient methods for the creation and distribution of digital advertising. Thus, in collaboration with various industry groups such as Digital Ad Lab, SWOP and the former DDAP Association, Time Inc. advocated for the development and adherence of standards when creating digital advertising intended for print. It was decided upon that the specifications for PDF/X-1a compliant files would be suitable for all areas of the digital advertising process.

As of January 1, 2004, all ad files submitted to Time Inc. titles must be supplied in PDF/X-1a format.

Time Inc. will no longer accept native application files, such as QuarkXPress, PageMaker, etc.


AD SIZES

NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale, also not all sizes are available. Please refer to the mechanical specifications below to see which are available.

Mechanicals


MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Ad Size Trim Bleed Live / Safety Non Bleed
Page 8.375” x 10.5” 8.625” x 10.75” 7.5” x 10” 7.5” x 10”
Spread 16.75” x 10.5” 17” x 10.75” 16” x 10” 16” x 10”
1/2 Page Vertical 4.25” x 10.5” 4.5” x 10.75” 3.625” x 10” 3.625” x 10”
1/3 Page Vertical (One Column) 2.875” x 10.5” 3.125” x 10.75” 2.25” x 10” 2.25” x 10”
2/3 Page Vertical (Two Columns) 5.375” x 10.5” 5.625” x 10.75” 4.625” x 10” 4.625” x 10”
1/2 Page Horizontal 8.375” x 5.25” 8.625” x 5.5” 7.5” x 4.875” 7.5” x 4.875”
1/2 Spread Horizontal 16.75” x 5.25” 17” x 5.5” 16” x 4.875” 16” x 4.875”
1/3 Square n/a n/a 4.625” x 4.875” 4.625” x 4.875”

Build ads to trim size and extend bleed 1/8” beyond trim on all sides.

*Allow 1/4”safety on both sides of gutter for spreads.

Coastal Living is Perfect bound and jogs to the foot


ISSUE & CONTACT 2012

Contact Phone Number E-Mail
Production Questions Jamie Elliott 212-522-7279 jamie_elliott@realsimple.com

Issue / Edition Ad Close On Sale Contact Phone number/Email
February11/28/111/13/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
March12/30/112/17/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
April1/27/123/16/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
May3/2/124/20/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
June3/30/125/18/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
July / August5/4/126/22/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
September6/29/128/17/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
October8/3/129/21/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
November8/31/1210/19/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com
December / January9/28/1211/16/12Rosana Chang212-522-7792
rosana_chang@timeinc.com


FILE PREPARATION

Please adhere to the guidelines below when preparing files. Ensure that only one ad is included per PDF/X-1a file.

Images Fonts Dimensions
Marks & Positioning Creating PDF/X-1a File

GENERAL INFORMATION File Submission

Files must be submitted via the Time Inc. Ad Portal. Please click on the Ad Portal Guide link above to access step-by-step instructions on how to submit a file.

Proofs

Coastal Living is presently using Virtual Proofing at its printing plants and is no longer accepting hard proofs from advertisers. Please click on the Virtual Proofing Guide link above to access information on submitting a Virtual Proof compliant file.


Binding

COASTAL LIVING magazine is perfect-bound.