A magnetic head is provided that is formed by fixedly bonding a slider having a thin-film magnetic element on a flexure formed of metallic material which constitutes a gimbal suspension. The slider includes electrodes conducted to the thin-film magnetic head on an end surface thereof on a trailing side which is orthogonal to the recording-medium-opposed surface. The flexure has independent spacer projections. The slider and the flexure are bonded by an adhesive agent applied to bonding areas on end surfaces of a pair of spacer projections positioned in the vicinity of the end surface of the slider on the trailing side of the spacer projections.