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Digital vs print

15 articles in this category, written by menu designers and prepress operators for restaurant owners.

Digital vs print
· 5 min read

The future of restaurant menus: paper, screens and what guests will want

A grounded look at where restaurant menus are heading: what the QR decade taught us, where screens belong, why paper is not going anywhere, and what to invest in now.
Digital vs print
· 5 min read

Keeping menus consistent across print, web and delivery apps

A working system for menu consistency: one dish list as the source of truth, naming and price rules, a change routine, and how to catch the drift before guests do.
Digital vs print
· 5 min read

Photographing your printed menu for social media: light, angle and legibility

How to photograph a printed menu so it looks good on Instagram and stays readable: window light, angles that avoid glare, props, crops, and what to post when prices change.
Digital vs print
· 5 min read

The printed menu as souvenir: designing something guests want to keep

How to design a printed menu guests take home on purpose: formats that fit a bag, paper that ages well, a date and a signature, and what a keepsake menu costs per cover.
Digital vs print
· 5 min read

Tablet menus in restaurants: lessons from a decade of trials

What ten years of tablet menus taught restaurants: where they worked, where they failed, real costs per table, and how to decide between screens and printed menus.
Digital vs print
· 5 min read

Delivery app menu vs dine-in menu: same dishes, different design

Why a delivery app menu should not copy the dine-in card: which dishes to list, how to write for a phone screen, photos, pricing under commission and categories that sell.
Digital vs print
· 6 min read

Accessible menus: large print, contrast and Braille options that work

A practical guide to accessible restaurant menus: large-print versions, contrast ratios, typefaces, Braille and tactile options, and what a QR menu must do for screen readers.
Digital vs print
· 6 min read

Menu PDF for Google Business Profile and delivery apps: the right file

How to prepare a menu PDF that Google Business Profile, Uber Eats and Deliveroo actually display well: file size, page format, text layers, fonts and update routine.
Digital vs print
· 3 min read

Sharing your menu on Instagram: crops, legibility and the story format

How to put a restaurant menu on Instagram so it can be read: crops that survive the feed, type that holds on a phone, and stories that do not crop the prices.
Digital vs print
· 3 min read

Digital menu screens: designing for a screen that never stops

How to design restaurant menu screens that stay readable in a queue: type sizes, dwell time, motion, contrast, and what never to animate.
Digital vs print
· 3 min read

Menu boards vs handheld menus: which suits your service?

When a wall board is the right menu and when a handheld card is: queue speed, table service, type sizes, and the rooms that need both.
Digital vs print
· 3 min read

Putting your menu on your website: SEO, accessibility and formats

How to publish a restaurant menu on your website so search engines, screen readers and hungry guests can all use it: HTML first, PDF last, structured and dated.

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