Climate & Nature...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about GreenPrint's EverGreen font, a typeface designed to maintain readablity while using thinner letters, so printed documents use less paper.

A similar idea comes from Ecofont, a free typeface that prints using less ink. Each letter printed in Ecofont actually contains dozens of tiny, ink-free dots (like the big version of the font you see illustrating this article). They're invisible to the naked eye, but they combine to use less ink than fonts that use a full amount of ink.

Now, Ecofont is only designed for use in 12-point type or less (ideally, it should be used at 9 or 10 point), but unless your eyesight is going, that's still perfectly readable.

Of course, we should all be trying to print less whenever possible, but if you really need to create a paper copy, installing Ecofont could help you use less toner, which makes your printed documents a wee bit greener and saves you a little bit of money.

Hey, every little bit helps, right?