"this will make for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when something will produce a particular outcome. For example, "This will make for a more efficient workflow."
Whether this will make for better art is anyone's guess.
This will make for an optimal design of the solid adsorbent packed bed.
This will make for a looser, more open kind of politics, in parliament as well as outside.
Since lamb also tastes great at all stages of doneness, this will make for a genuine crowd-pleaser.
I know this will make for difficult decisions in other areas of education or care or health.
This will make for easier work later on when you draw from your notes while writing up your assignments.
And can you imagine the fresh hell this woman will make for you if you call her a tattletale?
The simplicity of this solution will make for a happier child and family.
"This will make up for it in some way".
Don't think "this will make up for all that sleep I lost this week" because it simply won't.
Dean's body language and utterances as this plays out will make for interesting spectator sport.
