What lb or # of stock do normal magazines use for their interior pages?

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fetanator

There are many online websites for printing presses that do not offer thin quality gloss stock like you see in normal magazines (the stock is all 70# or higher). What stock do the nationally distributed magazines like Elle, GQ, Women's health/Men's health use? Thanks!

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US measurements would normally be about 60# gloss book. Depends a little
on which magazine and what finish they have on the sheet.

http://www.printindustry.com/Newsletters/Newsletter-40.aspx

Are fashion magazines good drawing reference for a manga artist?

unguardian

I'm thinking about subscribing to a few fashion magazines like elle, men's fashion, and gq for human and clothing reference. Is there a better way to start a reference library?

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I use magazines for manga references.

Mainly for Poses and background scenery,But for clothes too(If I can find some cool clothing references).

I always get free magazines from libraries, when they don't want the magazines anymore. I always find architecture and fashion magazines.

But I never keep the whole magazine.I look through them and find good references, clip them out, and paste them in a sketch book or something.

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