Magnetic transducer assembly (1) including a plurality of magnetic cores (2a-d) affixed to a nonmagnetic slider (4), the slider having a multiplicity of fluid bearing surfaces (7a-d) for supporting the magnetic transducer assembly on a fluid bearing proximate to a rotating surface such as a magnetic disc. Each magnetic core has a corresponding slider fluid bearing surface of equal width, the magnetic cores being affixed to the trailing edge (3) of the fluid bearing surfaces. The slider provides additional fluid bearing surfaces (8a-b) intermediate the corresponding fluid bearing surfaces.