Instructions for electronic materials

The electronic materials delivered must be ready for printing and in accordance with the instructions presented here.

Software

- We accept FreeHand, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, EPS (Macintosh: fonts, photos, and logos attached), and Adobe Acrobat’s high-resolution PDF documents (PDF version 1.4 at minimum). All fonts used in the advertisement must be included (embedded) in the PDF document.
- Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents are not suitable for printing.

Fonts

- Adobe Font Folio 9 PostScript-type-1 typefaces. If you use any other typefaces, convert the text as paths in FreeHand and Illustrator documents, also within EPS graphics.

Photos and graphics

- As high-resolution CMYK pictures in EPS or TIFF format. Please see the resolution requirements in the journal-specific data.
- No JPEG packing in EPS formats.
- Photos taken with digital cameras in JPEG format.

Colors

- Color values are defined as process color (CMYK).
- Ask for detailed color profiles from the office.
- Index Color and Duotone formats are not acceptable.
- Convert spot color to process color.

Trimming edges

- Full-page advertisements require at least 4 mm trimming edge with corner marks for trimming color or photo surfaces to size.

Packing

StuffIt or BinHex software.