I’m not sure how long this has been around, but I just stumbled across the ecofont. Basically it’s a standard sans serif font, but using it consumes 20% less ink. That’s down to those little itty bitty holes in the letters, which viewed large look pretty odd, but apparently printed at 9 or 10 points as part of standard office communications, don’t affect the type too much. Apparently.

Hmm, I’ll wait to be convinced on that, appearance on screen in particular has got to be a bit of a nightmare, just imagine the font hinting going on in that sucker! It’s also a shame it can’t make your words 20% more effective as well, but you’ve got to admire the intention.

Of course, Budmo Jiggler by the prolific Ray Larabie has been carrying the torch for years, I’d give good money to see a PowerPoint presentation set in that…

Oh, and I found it in Wired magazine.