Jan van Es

Does SPRANQ's Ecofont really use 20% less ink? (Download Squad)

Dec 29th 2008 11:29AM "A lot of time and effort" seems a bit of an exaggeration - they just adapted an existing open source font (Bitstream Vera Sans regular).

Nobody seems to have noticed that this Ecofont is particularly wide - which means that less characters fit on a line (and on a page). Using a standard typeface like Arial or Helvetica means you get about 15% more text on a page.

And looking at some 9pt text in Ecofont under a microscope, I don't think the difference in toner usage between Ecofont and Vera sans will be more than a few percent.

Also, the lack of proper bold, italic and bold-italic versions won't help acceptance of this font.