According to MakeTechEasier, a student's claim that the government could save millions by switching fonts sparked an exploration of alternatives to the standard Times New Roman that many word processors select as the default.
The narrower and less flourished fonts such as Century Gothic save ink the obvious way by making the letters smaller than their counterparts, but other font designers have come up with some impressive tricks that take things one step further.
So-called economy fonts such as Ecofont and Ryman's Eco actually remove ink from letters by leaving little pixel-sized dots from letters in the former and by using hollow letters in the latter. These spaces allow the fonts to be just as legible as the traditional choices when in standard sizes, but can start to look a little strange as the letters get larger.
