Three years ago, -Arts +Ars Technica reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay changed their default front from Arial to @@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ changed their default front from Gothic 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.
+by more than 30%), by simply changing the default font used in your +prints. -But it is not quite obvious how much one will safe by switching. +
But it is not quite obvious how much one will save by switching. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay said it used $100,000 per year on ink and toner cartridges, according to a report from @@ -32,3 +33,13 @@ depend on the documents printed.
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.
+ +Update 2013-04-10: If you want to know how much ink/toner could be +saved when switching between fonts, Inkfarm got a +service to calculate the +difference between font pairs. They also +recommend +which fonts to use to save ink. Check it out. :) While updating +this blog post, I also came across a blog post from InkCloners, +listing +the fonts they recommend, with Centory Gothic at the top.