Cheesy fonts
SPRANQ has therefore developed a new font: the Ecofont.
‘After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.’
Appealing ideas are often simple: how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours (and coffee) this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink. Free to download, free to use.
A simple, yet effective idea: take out most of the inside of the font while not actually becoming an outline, save a bunch of ink. Even better yet, make it free to download and use. From what I hear (haven’t tried it yet) printing it at smaller sizes is almost indistinguishable from regular fonts. Will definitely try this one.
(Via Providence Public Library Tech Blog.)
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