Ecofont uses 20% less ink

Matt Forsythe | February 6th, 2009

“Eco Sans” is a new font by the Dutch communications firm, Spranq.

How much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? Apparently punching little circles out of each letter is the answer, resulting in a font that uses up to 20 percent less ink.

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  • claud9999
    An outline of a font is more eco...Yes?
  • I don't think that works with really tiny letters.
  • essenmitsosse
    This Ecofont ist some of the biggest bullshit ever, it would be much more effective to just use a light font und print it with 70% black. which would be by the way much more legible
  • We had something like this in the mid-'90s at my high school - it was software loaded onto the Macs that saved on inkjet printing. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
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