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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: font

font stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - Comic Sans is a lighthearted font, easy to read and very popular. Too popular, if you believe its legions of detractors. Like many other comics-related entities, it even has a sworn enemy—the 10-year-old Ban Comic Sans movement, which compares misuse of the typeface "to showing up for a... More »

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Microsoft • design • font • typeface • Comic Sans • graphic design • typography

 Green Font Cuts Ink Costs 

'Ecofont' has holes in the letters to save ink

Dec 23, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A new font designed to cut printing costs saves ink by not completely filling in the letters, the AP reports. The “Ecofont,” designed by Dutch firm Spranq, has small holes in the middle of the letters that cut ink usage by 15%. The font is free on Spranq’... More »

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environment • Netherlands • ink • open source • green • printers • font • Spranq • Ecofont

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