711: The Surprisingly Exciting World of Print + PDF CSS
Jan 01, 2024•32 min
Episode description
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about things to consider when printing something from your website or app including loading CSS only for printing, using units in CSS, CSS counters, creating a PDF, naming pages when printing, and more.
Show Notes 00:25:15 Welcome
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01:52:00 Examples of how Wes uses print CSS
03:42:16 Using it for invoices or receipts
05:08:24 Delivering a book as a PDF
05:42:16 How do you load CSS only for printing?
10:41:08 Using units in CSS
11:29:15 CSS Counters
MDN: CSS Counters
body { counter-reset: chapter; /* create a chapter counter scope */ } h1:before { content: "Section " counter(chapter) " "; counter-increment: chapter; /* add 1 to chapter */ } h1 { counter-reset: subchapter; /* set section to 0 */ } h2:before { content: counter(chapter) "." counter(subchapter) " "; counter-increment: subchapter; } h2 { counter-reset: section; font-size: 23px; } 14:31:10 Named Pages
@page title { @top { /* no header for title pages */ content: “”; } } @page chapter { @top { content: “This is a chapter page”; } } 15:27:09 Margins, Headers + footers, Page Numbers
18:01:18 Debugging Print CSS
19:57:18 Getting into a PDF
Docraptor
Playwright
Puppeteer
JSPdf
24:45:04 Other Things to consider
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