2009 Ad Specs

Please Ship to:

Attn: Alan Lifchultz
America's Best Companies
1 Parkview Plaza, Suite 250
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Magazine Specifications:

America's Best magazine is perfect bound. Trim size = 8-1/2" x 11" (All ad specifications are in inches).  Please supply a 1/8" bleed outside of trim size.

	Page Dimensions		Live Area		Trim Size
	Full Page		8” x 10-1/2”		8-1/2” x 11”
	2 Page Spread		16-1/2” x 10-1/2”		17” x 11”
	1/2 Horizontal		8” x 5”		8-1/2” x 5-1/2”
	1/3 Vertical		2-3/8” x 10-1/2”		2-7/8” x 11”
	1/4 Page		3-3/4” x 5”		4-1/4” x 5-1/2”

General Note:

Keep live matter 1/4” from trim on each side.

Digital Mechanical Specifications

Printing: No PMS Colors accepted.

All PMS colors must be converted to process (CMYK) colors.

4-Color-Process:

Overall maximum density of all colors may not exceed 280%.

Digital Ads:

Accepted media: CD, DVD and 15 MB e-mail.

Accepted File Formats:

PDF files preferred. Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator also accepted. PDF files should be press-ready with all fonts and subsets embedded. OPI should be disabled. Images and scans should be a 300 dpi saved as a TIFF or EPS file. 72-dpi images pulled from Web sites are not acceptable. All colors (including PMS colors) must be converted to CMYK format. RGB files are not acceptable. We are not responsible for RGB and PMS colors that must be converted to CMYK.

Fonts:

Fonts must be Postscript or Open Type fonts (Adobe Pro) fonts. No Truetype fonts accepted. Please include all screen and printer fonts with digital files. All formatting (italics, bold, etc.) must be done using stylized fonts. Do NOT use menu-styled fonts. Convert all fonts used in art files (logos, etc.) to outlines.