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.
Three years ago, -Arts -Techinca reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay +Ars +Technica reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay changed their default front from Arial to Century 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 TwinCities.com, 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 are created internally, and those from external sources will -still use their "native" 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.
+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.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 +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.