Ornament supports the richness and diversity of the art and craft of wearable art in a stunning visual display of creative work. The only international magazine covering all aspects of personal adornment, Ornament provides a wealth of information on contemporary, ethnographic and ancient jewelry, clothing, beads, and costume.

Each issue features profiles of prominent and emerging artists, reviews of important museum and gallery exhibitions, marketplace venues, and other insightful, multifaceted coverage.

Ornament is read by artists, collectors, craftspeople, designers, gallery owners, retailers, students, teachers, researchers, and museum staff in the United States and more than seventy foreign countries. Ornament is circulated to paid subscribers and distributed in the United States at newsstands and bookstores through CMG Distributors, and through Disticor Direct in Canada.

Established 1974

Ornament offers in-house design and production services at reasonable rates, including photography services, slide scanning, retouching and resizing, typesetting and design services. We also offer conversion of slide images to digital format. Specific charges will be furnished upon request.

Materials for in-house production are due by the closing date. A fax or email file will be furnished for proofing, provided that materials are received by the deadline.

Accepted File Formats
Ornament accepts collected QuarkXPress files (including fonts and images), Adobe Illustrator (saved as EPS, type converted to outlines), Photoshop (EPS or TIFF, flattened), or high resolution PDF files. InDesign files must be saved as PDF files. Please include a high resolution PDF version of your advertisement, (no compression, fonts embedded) which may be used if there are problems with your native file. Include file extensions when naming files.

Provide all graphic support files used. All images must be at a minimum resolution of 300 ppi, scaled to 100% of the actual size used in the document. All colors must be CMYK. Do not use RGB or spot colors.

Fonts
Provide all screen fonts and printer fonts used in the document. Use only postscript Type 1 fonts, True Type and PC fonts are not accepted. All fonts in Illustrator must be converted to outlines.

QuarkXPress users should not use Styles to make fonts bold or italic as this may cause outputting problems. Use the actual bold and italic font faces.

Serif fonts should be a minimum of 10 point, demi or bold, if copy is white or any color other than black, and a minimum of 9 point if copy is black. For smaller type than 9 point, use a san serif font.

San Serif fonts should be a minimum of 9 point, demi or bold, if copy is white or any color other than black, and a minimum of 8 point if copy is black. San serif type can be as small as 6 or 7 point for photo credits and disclaimers. The contrast between copy and background should be high enough to ensure that the copy will read clearly.

Advertising Submission
Ornament accepts advertising material on CD or by email. File and contact information to be provided: file name, application used (QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, PDF), advertiser, contact name, address, telephone, and email. Shipping via UPS or FedEx is recommended wherever possible. Files delivered by email must be in highest resolution PDF format with all fonts embedded.

All advertisements must conform to the size of the space ordered, otherwise Ornament reserves the right to alter the size of the advertisement and bill the advertiser accordingly. Advertiser will be notified if such charges are incurred.

Proofs
For black & white advertisements, include a laser print that is 100% of the original advertisement size. Color laser and inkjet prints are acceptable, but not considered accurate as a color reference. Carefully proof your contact information for accuracy as Ornament assumes no responsibility for errors not detected by the advertiser on final proof. Ornament assumes no liability for errors in the advertising index or for any instructions or changes not specified in writing. Any changes requested after final advertiser approval will be honored when possible and incur additional production charges.