Ecofont Invention Uses 20% Less Ink

Here at InventHelp, we try to keep the environment in mind when we print out emails, presentations and office documents. For those times when hitting the print button is a necessity, InventHelp’s Invention Girl has found a new type of font that uses less ink!

This new font invention is called Ecofont™. To reduce ink usage, the inventors experimented with ways remove as much of a letter as possible while keeping the font readable. They realized that adding holes into the center of the letter uses up to 20% less ink than conventional fonts. As the folks behind Ecofont say, “After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.”

The Ecofont works best in OpenOffice, AppleWorks and MS Office 2007, and the inventors recommend using a laser printer for best results. The Ecofont is based on the Vera Sans, an Open Source letter, and is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Have a look for yourself at the Ecofont website – you can even download the font for free! To further offset any environment effects, Ecofont encourages users to invest in recycled paper or unbleached paper and consider plant-based ink options.

Sure, the Ecofont may not make meeting presentations any more exciting, but it can surely make them more “green” – and that’s something everyone here at InventHelp can appreciate!