EcoFont
EcoFont
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- Nairn
A Dutch group adds holes to an open source font to help it save printer ink.
Alrighty then.
- moamoa0
I am to emotional for that font.
- Jnr_Madison0
'After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles'
- I wonder how much ink they wasted during their extensive testing.NotByHand
- pylon0
Right then.
Does it take extra electricity for your print-driver to process all the holes?
- janne760
spiekermann already designed an eco friendly font not long ago. one that left out certain vowels or something.
- Nairn0
I'm guessing the savings on this could be hugely outdone by just not printing quite so much crap, but hey - every little counts, right?
Right?
- Nairn0
- I have no idea why I found the laughing half way down so funny...LOLJnr_Madison
- It's because it's past the witching hour, and you've already consumed EVERYTHING that's funny.Nairn
- Jnr_Madison0
I'm going to print out the blog thread just because I can.
- I do, daily.pylon
- Can you fed-ex me a copy, a la HP? http://earthfirst.co…Nairn
- Yup, I'll fax it to you as well, so that you know what to expect in the mail.pylon
- sheet by lonely sheet, of course.Nairn
- K, I'll counter sign each page, photocopy a backup and a receipt, then have them individually couriered your way.Nairn
- ..way.Nairn
- Sounds good.
I'll fax each sheet separately w/ its own cover-sheet and confirmation sheet. Pls fax back.pylon - ... fax back.pylon
- *preps stones for 6 colour lithographic process, catering to 32,738 responses at 72pt EcoFont (in triplicate)*Nairn
- OK, that was demi-fail, I've no idea where I'm going now.Nairn
- janne760
i am printing out Flickr on some nice satin gloss heavyweight stock...