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I don't understand why these should be mutually exclusive. Starting from a common parseable markup you can have both responsive HTML for browsers and formatted

• mwcampbell 8y ago
  If the HTML is responsive, why can't it be good for print? And, for the sake of reducing waste, should we not discourage people from printing in the first place?
  • masklinn 8y ago
    You'd probably want a dedicated print CSS to remove various bits of UI and decoration, as well as styling which works well on a screen but is terrible in print (e.g. the white-on-black and white-on-blue headers). However gov.uk already does both so it's not an actual issue here.
  • dredmorbius 8y ago
    I do a lot of lit review. Having hard pagination and consisstent layout is, for me, a cognitive gain, esspeciially for longer documents, say, 20+ pages. (I frequently read 500+ page docs.) Other formats such as ePub are frequntly compact in space utiisaation, but again, the free-flowing text lacks the mnemonic framing of even a basic print book, let alone the expertise of a masterpiece of layout & typography such as Tufte. Not that HTML isn't well-suited to other cases, or that PDFs can't be awful. But there's a place.
• stilley2 8y ago
  This is what I do with my CV. I just keep a markdown file up to date and can quickly generate PDF and HTML versions.