The other day I was aimlessly browsing around the internet seeing where I would end up. I stumbled across EcoFont.
Ecofont is a new way to be environmentally conscious created by Spranq Creative Communications. It is supposed to reduce the amount of ink you use when you print; they claim 20% less! They did this by “poking holes” in the Bitstream Vera font. This does look kind of stupid when printing large sized text but when you print in normal size text it’s not even noticeable. I tried printing a document with the font and the only noticeable different is that the text just appears a little lighter.
Also, as a future teacher I know this could make a huge difference. I vividly recall getting handout after handout in high school. That is a lot of ink being used when printing for an entire school! We can certainly try to reduce the amount of paper we use and waste but when we do need to use it, why not try to reduce the ink we use? We will save our school money and hopefully encourage our students to be more environmentally conscious by setting a good example.
I hope that Spranq make more fonts of this style to give everyone some more variety and encourage more and more people to use it!
Try it out! You can download it here and the instructions on how to install are on the same page. Once you install it and try it out in a program it will be called “Spranq eco sans”.
Let me know what you think!
That’s really interesting. Ink cartidges are super expensive and i feel like i’m putting a new one in my printer every other week. Thanks for making a blog about this. I’ll defintiely try out that font and i’m sure it’ll save me some money.
I’ve heard of this font before and somewhere someone did the calculations of savings for various size school districts. It’s potential is quite impressive.
BTW, I saw your video for your classroom in Florida. Well done. You might consider posting it for others to see.
Michael, let me know if you notice any differences while you’re printing, I’m interested to see how much it does actually save.
Dean, I would love to hear those calculations if you happen to know where they’re coming from. As for the video, I’m planning on posting it to the blog right away here so everyone can see.
This is really interesting Kyle. I never would have thought about finding a way to save ink. I’ll definitely give this a shot. Great blog, though. You’ve got a great idea going here.