User:Youjung/paged.js

For Extraterrestrial Zine Fair 2026, I'm using paged.js.

There are 2 reason for using paged.js instead of weasyprint. First, The Internet Phone Book used paged.js and I'm a big fan of Elliott Cost. Second, paged.js supports nth-child unlike weasyprint. This page is the documentation of making a zine using paged.js.

Title: Tangled Thoughts(TBD)

During the winter break, I spent time drawing tangled threads. I've been weirdly obsessed with these shapes. I think it reflects how chaotic my mind is currently, but also it is quite satisfying to draw and fill them. With the gathered drawings, I compiled them together using paged.js instead of Indesign. It is a good practice to move away from Adobe, although I'm still using Photoshop to edit the drawings.

Working Process

Step 1. File Setup

I used Paged.js as a polyfill in web browsers as it is easy to design looking at the results live through the browser.

Getting Started with Paged.js

Download paged.polyfill.js and interface.css link it from the head of your html file. Make a new style.cssand also link it.

<script src="js/paged.polyfill.js"></script>
<link href="path/to/file/interface.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href='css/style.css' rel='stylesheet' />

├── css
│   ├── interface.css
│   └── style.css
├── index.html
└── js
    └── paged.polyfill.js

Step 2. Design with CSS

This is the fun part! Using html and css to designing the zine.

Web design for print

Set the page size and margin
Set page order using pagebreak
Aligning element

Step 3. Make PDF

If you're ready to print, make it into a pdf. The total number of pages must be a multiple of 4.

cmd/ctrl + p to download the pdf.
pdfbook for Imposition

Step 4. Print and bind them together

For my pencil drawings, printing from the free printer would not be an option. The image resolution is bad. I'll have to use the printers from the print station...

Final Output

Font: TT2020 StyleD italic
Paper:
Binding:
Print method: