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# Print layouts
Design a printable page for a Felt map, such as a poster or a report figure, and export it as a PDF, PNG, or JPG.
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A print layout arranges a map on a page at the paper size you choose, with a north arrow, scale bar, legend, title, and inset maps where you want them. Felt saves the pages with the map, so you can come back and print them again. For a quick image of the current view, use [Export as image](/export-and-print/export-an-image-or-pdf.md).
## Print a map as a PDF
1. Open the **Felt** menu and click **File** > **Print…**, or press **Cmd+P** (Mac) or **Ctrl+P** (Windows). The print layout editor opens, and the map switches to edit mode.
2. If the map has no pages yet, **Choose a layout** opens. Select a layout, such as **Standard**. The new page uses the current map view and includes the map's title, a legend, and a locator map.
3. With nothing on the page selected, select a **Page size** in the panel on the right, and set **Format** to **PDF**.
4. Click **Export** at the bottom of the panel. The file downloads to your browser's downloads folder.
Keep the tab visible until the download starts. Felt saves your pages with the map as you work.
Each export saves the open page as one file. For a multi-page PDF, export each page and combine the files in a PDF tool. The PDF contains a raster image of the page, so its lines and text can't be edited in a vector editor.
## Add a north arrow, scale bar, legend, and title
Use a print layout to place a north arrow, scale bar, legend, and title on the page. The live map and **Export as image** have no north arrow. On the live map, the compass appears only while the map is rotated, and the scale bar stays at the bottom left.
1. In the print layout, select a map view on the page.
2. In the panel, under **Show**, turn on **North arrow** and **Scale bar**. They appear along the bottom of the map view's frame.
3. Optional: In the toolbar at the top of the editor, click **Legend**, and drag the legend into place. Hover over an icon to see its name.
4. Optional: Click **Text**, click the page where you want the title, and type a word, such as `Title`. An empty text item disappears when you click away from it.
5. Optional: In the panel, under **Tokens**, click **Add token** > **Map title**. Felt adds `{{ map.title }}` after your word, and the page shows the map's current title. Delete the word to show only the title.
Layouts such as **Standard** already include the map's title.
The north arrow rotates with the map view and has no letter. To label it "N", add a text item beside it. The scale bar uses your selected units. To switch between miles and kilometers, open the **Felt** menu on the map and click **View** > **Units** > **US** or **Metric**.
## Set the paper size and orientation
A print layout's page settings appear in the panel on the right when nothing on the page is selected.
| Setting | Options |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Page size | Letter, 11 × 17, A4, or A3 in portrait or landscape; Custom… for any width and height from 1 to 100 in |
| Units | Inches, centimeters, millimeters, or pixels |
| Format | PDF, PNG, or JPG |
| DPI | 150, 300 (the default), or 600 |
When you change the page size, the items on the page resize to fit.
## Print a large poster
A print layout page can measure up to 100 inches on each side. For a size such as 24 × 36 in or 4 × 8 ft, use **Page size** > **Custom…**.
* An exported image can be up to 16,384 px wide. If the page is too large for the DPI you chose, Felt exports at the highest DPI within the limit and shows a message above **Export**. Use PDF or PNG for large pages, because JPG has lower size limits.
* A 1 px line on screen prints about 0.26 mm wide. For a print viewed from a distance, make lines thicker and labels larger in the layer's style. See [Style vector layers](/styling/style-vector-layers.md).
* To print in strips on a smaller plotter, tile the PDF in your printing software.
## Add an inset or locator map
* Second map view: shows separate areas, such as Alaska and Hawaii beside the contiguous United States. In the toolbar, click **Map**, then double-click the new view to pan and zoom it. Press **Esc** when you're done.
* Locator: shows a map view's extent outlined on a small reference map. In the toolbar, click **Locator**, then select the map view in **Target map**.
To copy a map view, right-click it and click **Duplicate**, or select it and press **Cmd+D** (Mac) or **Ctrl+D** (Windows). To choose the layers a map view shows, select it and pick them in **Layers** in the panel on the right. A legend lists the layers shown in the map view selected in its **Target map**, or in the page's first map view if none is selected. To leave a layer out of the legend but keep it on the map, see [Hide a layer from the legend](/layers/legend.md#hide-a-layer-from-the-legend).
Drag an item to move it, and drag its handles to resize it.
## Add a logo or title block
1. In the print layout toolbar, click **Image** and select your logo file, or drag the file onto the page.
2. Optional: Click **Section** and drag a rectangle for a title block background. Sections sit behind other items.
3. Optional: Add text items. Use the **Map description** and **Current date** tokens to include those values in the printout.
A print layout page doesn't add the Felt logo or data attribution. If your basemap or data needs a credit, add it in a text item.
To reuse the arrangement on other maps, save it as a layout. In the pages sidebar, open the page's **···** menu and click **Save layout**. Enter a name and click **Save layout**. Everyone in the workspace can start a page from it.
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