In today’s world with everyone & everything eco-friendly what else can save the planet?

Well, it’s the simple font. The font, overlooked by many but used by everyone is now doing its bit for the planet.  The Ecofont, designed by dutch designers, SPRANQ, is surely the next generation in fonts. Ecofont has been designed to not only increase environmental awareness but to save you money.  The font has been designed by cutting out the maximum amount of black area from the font whilst still remaining legibility. The result is a ‘holey’ font that uses up to 20% less ink thus giving printer cartridges a longer life.

The image above illustrates how the Ecofont works. You’ll see it has been created by cutting out parts of the letter. At 60 point it’s not that appealing however at a more useable point size of 10 or 11pt, it looks great. The Ecofont is based on the Vera Sans, an Open Source letter, and is available for Windows and Mac OSX.  By introducing the Ecofont into your font library is going some way to help save the environment.

Other cost effective ways are;

• Print only when necessary
• Use a modern, efficient printer and use unbleached paper
• Paper choice, take the environment into account. Look at recycled materials
• Invest in environment-conscious innovations 

The Ecofont is based on an Open Source font and is FREE to use. You can download your FREE version by visiting:- http://www.ecofont.eu/downloads_en.html

So goodbye comic sans, hello Ecofont Sans. Enjoy and use responsibly!!