Gatefold vrs. barn door fold?

October 8, 2006 10:25 AM

Gatefold vrs. barn door fold?

I'm having trouble getting information on different types of folds for publications. I don't know where to look other than google or wikipedia and neither are really yeilding any results.

So could someone define these folds for me?

posted by chuckforthought.com to Grab Bag (6 answers total)

Here's a good list of the most common types of brochure folds with brief descriptions. Nothing on the "barn-door" fold though. I would suspect that it's similar to the gatefold except without the fold on the outer face.
posted by lekvar at 10:53 AM on October 8, 2006

Here's a start on print-production terms:

http://www.printindustry.com/glossary.htm
posted by caitlinb at 10:54 AM on October 8, 2006

They also compare barn-door and gate folds in one of their articles:
http://www.printindustry.com/newsletter_45.htm
posted by caitlinb at 10:55 AM on October 8, 2006

Response by poster: caitlinb, I saw the newsletter page, but it was hard for me to really imagine without a visual.
posted by chuckforthought.com at 12:45 PM on October 8, 2006

This was the first link that came up for gatefold on google, complete with visual. It is a PDF.

I don't know what you're designing, but gatefolds can't be done by as many printers as others, takes a special piece of machinery.
posted by Salmonberry at 5:08 PM on October 8, 2006

How to Fold might help.
posted by hydrophonic at 5:15 PM on October 8, 2006