Ecofont - Put holes in your fonts to save ink

[Arlo Vance]

It seems that the best way to save ink is to not use it.

[russellm]

I don't think they reserved the rights on square holes. Or lines.

Or tiny subliminal messages.(... "buy more ink")

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[Si_Daniels]

>Or tiny subliminal messages

Perhaps the cut outs could be tiny HP logos ;-)

[paragraph]

The cutouts are what you make the Morse of ...

[Frode Bo Helland]

They have holes in donuts to save flour.

[Si_Daniels]

Surely they do that to save dough? ;-)

[Christopher Dean]

Is there an algorithm that will "eco" any typeface for you automatically?

(there's a computer science PhD comp for any of you out there)

[Si_Daniels]

>there’s a computer science PhD comp for any of you out there

Any researcher taking this on would do well to adopt a shotgun approach.

[Christopher Dean]

@ sii;

Shotgun approach? Or is that a joke I missed… Not quite sure I understand the connection.

[Si_Daniels]

As a joke it was full of holes. Sorry.

[Ricardo Cordoba]

Sii is trigger-happy today!

[dtw]

@sii: I assumed you meant this
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Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster's stopped working.

[filo]

Meanwhile, by using ecofont on the web, they are forcing computer monitors to display more white and therefore using more energy that way than a black font would.

[paragraph]

It is not healthy to play with your Meccano set when you are over eighteen.