AD SIZES (Width x Height)

1/4 page vertical ad:   3.625" x 4.75"
1/2 page vertical ad:   3.625" x 10"
1/2 page horizontal ad:   7.5" x 4.75"
Full page vertical ad - NO bleed:   7.5" x 10"
Full page vertical ad - WITH bleed:   8.75" x 11.25"
   (no text beyond 8.25" x 10.75")

FORMATTING

All artwork/Ads provided to us on CD or via email and must be MAC formatted and able to open in one of the following applications: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. Artwork/Ads can also be saved in TIFF, EPS, JPEG or PDF formats at 300dpi (although changes cannot be made to these formats, so make sure your artwork/ad is exactly to size and proofed).Send all artwork to:

Black Sheep Publishing
7911 Herschel Ave. Suite 200  La Jolla, CA 92037

Any artwork provided must be accompanied by a printed match proof. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAGEMAKER, MICROSOFT PUBLISHER, POWER POINT, MICROSOFT WORD OR WORD PERFECT FILES.

PHOTOS

Color or black and white photos sould be scanned at 300 dpi (dots per inch) at the approximate size that the photo will appear in the ad.

If you are providing us with photos to scan, the photos should be at least as large as you want them to appear in the final print. We also accept slides or transparencies. No Negatives Please. Color photos can be made into black and white halftones, if needed.

EMAILS:  artwork@blacksheeppublishing.com

If emailing artwork, make sure that it is under 10MB (megabytes) in size. We cannot accept arwork that is greater than 10MB unless it is under very limited circumstances. Please contact us if you cannot make your file less than 10MB. As a rule of thumb, save TIFF files to JPEGs to decrease their size for emailing or use Stuff-it compression.

LOGOS

Logos/Line Art should be scanned at 1000 dpi.

FONTS

If you are sending us a layout, don't forget to provide us with the font suitcases on your disk.

If you give us the name of a font to match, it must be a MAC formatted font. We have hundreds of fonts, but we need to know the name to match it. If you give us a sample of a font that you like, we will do our best to match it.

QUESTIONS

Please feel free to email quesions to: artwork@blacksheeppublishing.com or call our corporate office at: (858) 454-9610