College To Save Money By Switching Email Font

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has come up with an unusual way of saving money: changing their email font. The school expects to use 30% less ink by switching from Arial to Century Gothic. From the article: "Diane Blohowiak is the school's director of computing. She says the new font uses about 30 percent less ink than the previous one. That could add up to real savings, since the cost of printer ink works out to about $10,000 per gallon. Blohowiak says the decision is part of the school's five-year plan to go green. She tells Wisconsin Public Radio it's great that a change that's eco-friendly also saves money."

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Re:Heres an idea...

[rickb928]

"Unless there is a genuine purpose to have a printed copy of an email, don't print it"

Excellent advice. Redundant, and reinforcing the college's solution, but excellent.

Just a quick question, are you a Linux user?