Ecofont Uses Up to 20% Less Ink
A Dutch company called SPRANQ has developed a simple yet brilliant way to save ink: the Ecofont. According to the its creators, the font saves up to 20 percent of the ink normally used in printing.
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The key to Ecofont is its style of white dots filled inside each letter which minimize ink usage. Ecofont looks best with font size 9 or 10, and is only available in a sans serif version.
You can download it here.
Photo Credit: Ecofont
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
lol kinda cool! Thanks for sharing
December 12th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I downloaded the font and compared it with Arial 11pt – which is what I generally use.
The kerning and leading of the font, as well as the size – the Eco-Font 11pt appears much larger when printed than the Arial 11pt – resulted in a document that was probably 20% larger.
Doesn’t really make sense to save 20% on the ink or toner when you could be using more sheets of paper.
G.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
This is horrible typography. If you want to reduce ink use by 20%, try printing in 80% black, using a typeface with a small x-height, or using a typeface with a light or ultra-light varitation.
December 15th, 2008 at 6:16 am
ok, it saves black ink maybe, but look at how much more white ink is needed