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Automatic imposition Aldo puts your pages on the sheet in the right order. Fold, staple, read in order. CMYK conversion RGB to CMYK with a FOGRA39 profile. Preview the printed colour before you commit. Bleed & safe zones Aldo adds bleed and respects your printer’s margins. Clean prints, no white edges. Photo library & EXIF Sort your photos and batch-edit captions and credits. EXIF fills in the rest. 3D preview Flip through your book in 3D, rendered from the exact PDF you will export. Formats & bindings A4, A5, A7 booklet, A4 sewn, and more on the way. Templates that fit any format and binding.
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Feature: Formats

Every fanzine and book format, from one set of templates.

A4 and A5, a one-sheet A7 booklet, and an A4 sewn binding. Saddle-stitched, sewn or stapled. Pick a format and the templates reflow to fit. New formats slot in later without touching your work.

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The Aldo Reborn format and binding picker on macOS, with page size, count and binding

One layout, any format

Most tools lock you to one size. Or they make you redo your layout for every format. Aldo Reborn builds every page on a shared grid. The same templates reflow cleanly from A7 to A4. And adding a new format or binding never touches the work you already did.

How it works

Pick a format A4 or A5, a one-sheet A7 booklet, or an A4 sewn binding. You set the page size, page count and binding in one go.
Templates that reflow Your layouts sit on a shared grid. Switch format and they adjust to fit. You never redesign for each size.
Choose a binding Saddle-stitch, sewn or stapled. Aldo works out the imposition for each one.
Built to grow Formats and bindings are modular. New ones can be added later. Your existing projects stay exactly as they were.

Formats & bindings, compared

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✓ 7 ready binding formats (A5/A4/Half-Letter saddle, A7 booklet, A4/Letter/Square sewn)
✕ None of them
✓ A (ISO) & US (Letter/Tabloid) paper series
✕ None of them
✓ Fluid grid that reflows across every format
✕ None of them
✓ Asymmetric margins for sewn binding (sewing allowance)
✕ None of them
✓ Automatic imposition (saddle-stitch, mini-booklet, sewn binding)
✕ None of them
✓ Adjustable bleed (0 / 3 / 5 mm)
✓ Some of them
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Frequently asked questions

What formats does Aldo Reborn support?

A4 and A5 saddle-stitched booklets. A single-sheet A7 mini-booklet. And an A4 sewn binding. More formats are on the way.

What bindings can I make?

Saddle-stitch (folded and stapled), sewn binding, and a one-sheet folded mini-booklet. Aldo works out the page imposition for each one.

Do I have to redo my layout for each format?

No. Templates sit on a shared grid and reflow to whatever format you pick. The same layout works from A7 up to A4.

Can I make a square zine?

Not yet. Square is one of the formats lined up next. The system is built to add it without touching your existing projects.

Will more formats be added?

Yes. Formats and bindings are modular, so new ones can be added later without disturbing your existing projects.

Aldo sewing pages together with a needle and red thread

Your zine, your format

Aldo Reborn is out on macOS. One template system, whatever format you pick.

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