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New Font Uses Holes To Cut Ink Use

Posted by timothy on from the more-you-take-away dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Dutch company has taken an open source Sans Serif font and added holes to it to try and save on printer ink costs. The Ecofont is claimed to save up to 20 percent of ink costs, but it allegedly took the firm a while to perfect the ratio of the maximum number of holes possible without sacrificing readability."

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  1. Errr, it won't cut laser toner use... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...seeing as a laser printer throws an entire page of black toner at the page, with the charged parts of the paper holding onto it. The toner that hits the non-charged holes will just fall into the waste toner holder.

    Would work better on inkjet printers though.

  2. Re:What a fucking stupid idea! by alienw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Have you ever even seen a live cow? It's fairly obvious you've never been on a farm.

  3. Re:What a fucking stupid idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why couldn't the stupid cow just read it off the screen or transfer by email like everyone else. There's no excuse for printing every trial iteration.