Eco Friendly Fonts

There have been some excellent news recently about the wise choice of fonts.

The focus has been on choosing fonts that require less toner, which not only saves resourced for the environment – but also for design studios and their clients.

A report out of Europe says the “ink-friendly” fonts are Century-Gothic and Times New Roman, with Calibri, Verdana and Arial also ranking high.

The thickness of lines affects the amount of toner that is required. Obviously the fonts that are both thin and have short horizontal lines (typically serif fonts) and the fonts that use less ink than sans serif.

The promise of savings in the thousands of dollars is enough to make anyone sit up and take notice.

Another interesting idea is to shoot holes in your fonts.

Huh?

During printing, Ecofont promises that it will shoot holes into the letters that you have typed.

“That is fascinating in itself, and all the more so when you realise that this has no effect on legibility,” the company claims.

“But it only really becomes interesting when we tell you that it generally enables you to save up to 25% of ink or toner. Both your wallet and the environment will be grateful to you, because ink and toner are a particularly heavy burden on both.

“You work with your customary font and print using its ink-saving Eco variant with a single press of the button.”

The site is located at http://www.ecofont.com/en/products/green/printing/sustainable-printing-using-ecofont-software.html