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SIDE A
Photocopy2:58
Staple Gun2:14
Feedback Loop4:31
SIDE B
Basement Show3:40
Torn Edges3:05
Rain Delay5:12
Cut&Paste
1994
C-90 · 1994
Cut&Paste
made by Robin

Grunge Zine '94 J-card template

A photocopied fanzine: a ransom-note title cut from scraps, typewriter strips, staples, tape and copier grain.

Front
Cut-out letters for the title, a torn clipping (or your photo) taped on, a label with the tape length and year, and the artist on a typed strip.
Spine and flap
The title reads down the spine, and the tracklist runs down the flap, Side A at the top.
Inside panel
A cut-out Tracks heading over a typed tracklist, with a dedication and the credits.
Good for
Punk, grunge and DIY releases, and demo tapes.
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Four colours

Clean copy is an ink saver, light enough to be kind to a home printer. Pick one to open it in the designer; you can change colour there at any time.

SIDE A
Photocopy2:58
Staple Gun2:14
Feedback Loop4:31
SIDE B
Basement Show3:40
Torn Edges3:05
Rain Delay5:12
Cut&Paste
1994
C-90 · 1994
Cut&Paste
made by Robin
Tracks
Play it loud
SIDE A
Photocopy2:58
Staple Gun2:14
Feedback Loop4:31
SIDE B
Basement Show3:40
Torn Edges3:05
Rain Delay5:12
Compiled and recorded at home.

With an inside panel

Choose With inside panel above the card in the designer and it gains a fourth panel, the same size as the front, that folds in behind the cover. On Grunge Zine '94 it carries a cut-out Tracks heading over a typed tracklist, with a dedication and the credits.

It still prints on one side of the paper, so there's nothing to line up. Add a dedication, notes or lyrics, and credits in the designer's More options.

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