Ad Specifications
| Ad Size (Ad Dimensions) | Bleed Size | |
| Full page (Outside Back Cover*) | 275mm (h) x 210mm (w) | 285mm (h) x 220mm (w) |
| Full page | 263mm (h) x 198mm (w) | No bleed |
| Double-page spread | 263mm (h) x 408mm (w) | No bleed |
| Half-page vertical | 244mm (h) x 89.5mm (w) | No bleed |
| Half-page horizontal | 123mm (h) x 185mm (w) | No bleed |
| Quarter-page vertical | 123mm (h) x 89.5mm (w) | No bleed |
| Quarter-page horizontal | 59mm (h) x 185mm (w) | No bleed |
Print Specifications
- Supplied material must be Press Ready PDFs.
- All PDFs must be CMYK with no bleed and no trim marks (unless otherwise specified above).
- No alterations will be made to supplied PDFs and, if required, new creative material will need to be supplied.
- *Outside Back Cover artwork to be provided with crop marks.
- All fonts must be embedded into PDFs.
- Zero transparency.
CMYK Setup
- Resolution - 300 DPI
- Maximum Ink Weight - 280%
- Dot Gain - 30%
Additional Notes
- Ads will be published with a 5mm white border (excluding the outside back cover).
- All advertisers should apply The Monthly .icc profile to their artwork before uploading to Adsend or Adstream.
Download Adobe Colour Profile (.icc)
Delivery
- Print material must be submitted via Adsend or Adstream.
- Booking ID must be referenced upon submission.
- All digital material can be sent directly to Jack Harris, advertising coordinator, on [email protected] three days before the live date.
Adsend / Adstream Details
- Publication: The Monthly
- Booking Number: Provided by Schwartz Media
- Website: adsend.com.au / adstream.com.au
Digital
| Ad Unit | Dimensions | File Type | Max File Size | Lead Time |
| App | 768px (w) x 1024px (h) | gif, jpeg or png, html5 | 800kb | 3 Days |
| Billboard | 970px (w) x 250px (h) | gif, jpeg, png, html5, or third party | 800kb | 3 Days |
| Half Page | 300px (w) x 600px (h) | gif, jpeg, png, html5, or third party | 800kb | 3 Days |
| Leaderboard | 728px (w) x 90px (h) | gif, jpeg, png, html5, or third party | 800kb | 3 Days |
| Mobile Banner | 320px (w) x 50px (h) | gif, jpeg, png, html5, or third party | 700kb | 3 Days |
| MREC | 300px (w) x 250px (h) | gif, jpeg, png, html5, or third party | 700kb | 3 Days |
Premium Roadblocks (desktop/tablet) assets:
Billboard + Half Page + Leaderboard
Mobile Roadblocks assets:
Mobile banner + MREC
Standard display ad requirements:
- We do not accept Adobe Flash creatives.
- Please provide HTML5 code package instead of Adobe Flash creatives – full details can be referenced in the HTML5 guide below.
- Creative material must not contain flashing / strobing effects and rapid image sequences.
- Animated GIF ads can only loop twice.
- Maximum animation time is 15 seconds. All animation, including loops must stop within 15 seconds.
- For all creatives with a white background, a black border of 1—2px is required.
Digital (EDM Sponsorship)
| Ad Unit | Dimensions | File Type | Max File Size | Lead Time |
| MREC (x3) | 300px (w) x 250px (h) | gif, jpeg | 700kb | 3 Days |
| Sponsorship banner | 728px (w) x 90px (h) | jpeg | 40kb | 3 Days |
Additional requirements:
- Sponsorship banners are required to have a solid background colour
- We encourage supplying three different MREC creatives
HTML5
- Each individual creative needs to be it's own zip file
- All files need to be in the root folder, no sub-folder allowed
- Must follow W3C standards
- Declare the clickTag variable in your HTML file
- Use the clickTag variable as your click through URL
- No cross-domain scripting allowed
- No local storage or session storage libraries allowed
- Must be SSL compliant