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Best practices for styling for print

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Best practices for styling for print

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- [Narrator] You're probably familiar with many best practices for styling webpages for the screen. For example, you might be using a San Serif font for optimal readability. You might test with different devices to make sure the text is sized appropriately. But what about print? Well, if you anticipate your webpages will be printed, then you must think about styling in those situations as well. First, what kinds of pages are generally printed? If you're working with a lengthy article, a complex form, some kind of ticket or receipt, a recipe or other information that's typically available in book or paper format, you might find that people will want to print that information from your website. It may not be that every page on your site needs a full battery of tests for the printed format. Second, what information are they most interested in printing? Chances are that you would like the page to be clearly labeled…

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