From the web site at http://ecofont.nl/ecofont_en.html
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Ecofont

The prints we make for our 'daily use' not only use paper, but also ink. Lots
of ink! And according to SPRANQ creative communications (Utrecht, The
Netherlands) partly unnecessary. On the basis of a hunch of Colin Willems
SPRANQ has therefore developed a new font: the Ecofont.

A good idea is always simple: how much of a letter can be removed while
maintaining the readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of
shapes the best results were achieved by using small circles. Lots of
late hours (and coffee) later have resulted in a font that uses up to 20%
less ink. Free to download, free to use.

The Ecofont is created by omitting parts of the letter. At the displayed
size, this is obviously not very nice, but in a normal font size it
is actually very usable. The results ofcourse vary depending on your
software and the quality of your computerscreen. The Ecofonts works best
for OpenOffice, AppleWorks and MS Office 2007. Printing with a laser
printer will give the best printing results.

The Ecofont is based on the Vera Sans, an Open Source letter, and is
available for both PC and MAC.

Behind Ecofont

The Ecofont developed by SPRANQ, based on an idea of Colin Willems. We
have tried almost all possible ink-saving-options. From extra thin letters
to letters with outlines only. We have ommited various shapes: dashes,
squares, triangles and even asterisks. In the end the circle was choosen
as the best candidate for the job.

With the Ecofont SPRANQ also tries to increase environmental awareness. To
make customers think about their printing behavour: is printing really
necessary or (partly) a waste of ink and paper? We also hope to inspire
software giants and printer manufacturers to innovate in a environmentally
conscious manner.