Assign a standard (web safe font) using #font-face for printing - css

Question

Currently, in my standard stylesheet I have:
#font-face {
font-family: myFancyFont;
src: url('myFancyFont.otf');
}
And I use that in other css declarations like:
.someClass {
font-size: 18px;
font-family: myFancyFont;
}
That all works well and good until someone goes to print the page at which point anything using myFancyFont prints out in a rather ugly font.
On screen version
Printed version
Notice the font looks double lined and blurry. My print.css file does change the background color from blue to grey.
Is it possible for me to redefine myFancyFont in my print.css file to a standard web safe font (like Verdana) so printing looks more normal?
I'm assuming that there could still be a problem if I simply do:
#font-face {
font-family: myFancyFont;
src: url('verdana.otf'); /*or a real version of the verdana font file*/
}

Answer 1

Is it possible for me to redefine myFancyFont in my print.css file to a standard web safe font (like Verdana) so printing looks more normal?
Yes, in your print stylesheet you can redefine your custom font family to use the preinstalled Verdana like so:
#font-face {
font-family: myFancyFont;
src: local('Verdana');
}
All references to myFancyFont in your standard stylesheet, provided they haven't been restricted to #media screen, will automatically use Verdana in print.
You do need to make sure that your print stylesheet is linked after your standard stylesheet in your HTML so that this #font-face rule will override your standard one.
Note that "web safe" doesn't necessarily mean "legible in paged media", although generally most web safe fonts do print pretty legibly.

Answer 2

I would simply use an #media print media query with Verdana as the standard font, like this:
#media print {
* {
font-familiy: Verdana, sans-serif;
}
}
Plus, if you have other, more specific CSS rules where you define your FancyFont, you'd have to include these too in this media query (changed to Verdana), or use !important in the above rule.