Exploring printable design
Responsive design traditionally refers to making web content adaptable to various screen sizes and devices, ensuring a seamless user experience across different viewports. However, the core principle of responsive design is to adapt content to different contexts and environments, which includes printing.
The following list shows how printable design is a form of responsive design:
- Adaptability: Just as responsive design adjusts layouts for different screen sizes, printable design adjusts the web page layout for optimal printing. This includes changes in font sizes, colors, margins, and visibility of elements.
- Media queries: Both responsive design for screens and printable design use CSS media queries to apply different styles based on the medium (for example, screen or print).
- User experience: The goal in both cases is to improve user experience. For RWD, this means making the content easy to read and navigate on various devices. For printable...
