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Guardian & Observer A5 Supplements

United Kingdom

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Publication Day: Varies
Copy Deadline: Varies

For Publication dates and deadline information regarding these supplements, please call 020 3353 2191

For a list of approved repro houses, Bureaus and advertising delivery methods please see the links below:

Delivery Methods: http://www.guardian.co.uk/advertising/electronic-ad-delivery

Approved Senders: http://specle.net/uk/guardian-news-media/approved-repros-bureaus

For some general guidelines to designing your ad to make it suitable for print, please see this link: http://specle.net/uk/guardian-news-media/print-guidelines-for-guardian-observer

WE DO NOT accept emailed advertising of any type. You must use one of our approved delivery methods

We never accept any advertising copy with crop marks, colour bars or other printers marks of any description. Advertising should be supplied to exact dimensions only.

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Page Bleed

Trim: W 148mm x H 210mm

Bleed: W 158mm x H 220mm

Type: W 127mm x H 183mm

Ads should only ever be delivered to bleed or type sizes, never to trim, which is for information only and represents the physical size of the finished product after bleed has been removed during printing

If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only

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Double Page Spread (DPS)

Trim: W 296mm x H 210mm

Bleed: W 306mm x H 220mm

Type: W 275mm x H 183mm

Must be supplied as one file (not as separate pages)

Ads should only ever be delivered to bleed or type sizes, never to trim, which is for information only and represents the physical size of the finished product after bleed has been removed during printing

If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only

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Half Horizontal

Trim: W 148mm x H 117mm

Bleed: W 158mm x H 127mm

Type: W 127mm x H 90mm

Bleed measurements are supplied for all four sides so that ads can be placed on either the bottom or top of the page. Physically, only bleed from three sides can ever be removed for fractional ads.

If you don't wish to have bleed on your ad it should be supplied to the exact type size measurement only