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+               <title>Change the font, save the world (and save some money in the process)</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Change_the_font__save_the_world__and_save_some_money_in_the_process_.html</link>        
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+                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Would you like to help the environment and save money at the same
+time, without much sacrifice?  A small step could be to change the
+font you use when printing.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Three years ago,
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://arstechnica.com/business/2010/04/last-year-printer-comparison-website/&quot;&gt;Arts
+Technica&lt;/a&gt; reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
+changed their default front from
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial&quot;&gt;Arial&lt;/a&gt; to
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Gothic&quot;&gt;Century
+Gothic&lt;/a&gt; to save money.  The Century Gothic font uses 30% less toner
+than Arial to print the same text.  In other word, you could cut your
+toner costs by 30% (or actually, increase your toner supply life time
+by 30%, by simply changing the default font used in your prints.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;But it is not quite obvious how much one will safe by switching.
+The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay said it used $100,000 per year
+on ink and toner cartridges, according to
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twincities.com/ci_14833097&quot;&gt;a report from
+TwinCities.com&lt;/a&gt;, and expected to save between $5,000 and $10,000
+per year by asking staff and students to use a different font.  Not
+all PDFs and documents are created internally, and those from external
+sources will most likely still use a different font.  Also, the
+Century Gothic font is slightly wider than Arial, and thus might use
+more sheets of paper to print the same text, so the total saving
+depend on the documents printed.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;But it is definitely something to consider, if you want to reduce
+the amount of trash, decrease the amount of toner used in the world
+and save some money in the process.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
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                <title>Typesetting a short story using docbook for PDF, HTML and EPUB</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Typesetting_a_short_story_using_docbook_for_PDF__HTML_and_EPUB.html</link>