I’ve been asked a couple of times how micro zines are made / folded after they’re printed. There’s an awesome instruction document available on itch, but it’s a better idea to integrate the instructions with the zines themselves. So, here they are:

A picture tells us more than a thousand words. This one is licensed through Creative Commons, meaning you can use it freely for your own content. For those interested, this is the best I could come up with when trying to explain it in text:

1. Place the paper horizontally in front of you.
2. Fold the paper horizontally.
3. Cut the dotted line with a scissor.
4. Unfold the paper.
5. Fold the paper vertically, keeping the zine content of the outside.
6. Fold the lines created in step 2 in opposite direction (this creates an extruded cross).
7. Fold this shape into a zine, using its front- and back page as the covers.

The visual instructions have been added to every micro zine pdf. Printing them double-sided puts those instructions on the inside of the zine, which will be folded away.

Hope this helps,
Willem-Jan