Zine colophon
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Zine colophon video template

The last page of a two-colour zine: an overprinted “colophon” heading, the how-it-was-made lines in blue ink, a hand-numbered edition, a spinning press seal, ink swatches and registration marks. Rewrite it for your own zine or chapbook.

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  • LOW TIDE · ISSUE 04 · THE LAST PAGE
  • colophon
  • This zine was written, cut and pasted on a kitchen table between March and a deadline.
  • Set in Garamond and whatever the photocopier did to it.
  • Printed in two colours, pink and blue, on a secondhand duplicator named Gerald. Paper: the off-white one.
  • Edition of 120, of which this is copy
  • No.
  • Two staples. Several mistakes, left in on purpose.
  • KITCHEN TABLE PRESS • EST. LAST TUESDAY •
  • PINK + BLUE = BOTH
  • © nobody, really. copy it, credit us, pass it on.

This is the sample text the template opens with. Every line is yours to rewrite.