by | July 18th, 2009

Matt Robinson Measuring Type

A super-simple boldfaced statement about the amount of ink you use when you use one font compared to another. Included are some of the more popular fonts worldwide, all of them using roman characters. Take a peek at how designer Matt Robinson does it. Ink for good, ink for evil, ink forever.

Measuring Type

A selection of the most commonly used typefaces were compared for how economical they are with the amount of ink which they use at the same point size. Large scale renditions of the typefaces were drawn out with ballpoint pens, allowing the remaining ink levels to display the ink efficiency of each typeface.

And while we’re on the topic, if you’d like a free font that will reduce your ink usage drastically – like if you work from home and have to print out pages of type n such, check out Eco Font – a hollowed-out version of Vera Sans by some Dutch folks.

Stay font finicky!

  • http://twitter.com/carolinekan/statuses/2720184912 carolinekan (CAROLINE)

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    Love this [link to post]

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  • http://twitter.com/lowi_yeah/statuses/2720191080 lowi_yeah (lowi_yeah)

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    interesting comparison of the inkifriendliness of typefaces. [link to post]

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  • http://twitter.com/idealogmag/statuses/2720199464 idealogmag (Idealog)

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    Taking conservation a little too far? We might as well write less and have no images. [link to post]

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  • http://www.esquizopedia.com/2009/07/19/%c2%bfcomo-ahorrar-mas-tinta-en-la-impresora/ ¿Cómo ahorrar más tinta en la impresora? | Esquizopedia

    [...] Vía: worldfamousdesignjunkies [...]

  • http://twitter.com/monchote/statuses/2723396345 monchote (monchote)

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    Bloke using pens to represent different Typographies and measure how much ink they consume: [link to post] Just brilliant

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  • http://buscantawally.cat/curiositats/estalviar-tinta-tipografia/ Estalviar tinta amb la tipografia | Buscant a Wally

    [...] dissenyador Matt Robinson ha creat aquesta comparativa tan original en forma de bolis Bic perquè sabem quina tipografia és la més estalviadora. És molt fàcil [...]

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    haha essa é boa.. qual tipo gasta mais tinta de uma bic: [link to post]

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  • http://twitter.com/Kirst85/statuses/2737483650 Kirst85 (Kirsten Felbert)

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    [link to post] A super-simple boldfaced statement about the amount of ink you use when you use one font compared to another.

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  • http://marceloferreiro.com/varios/temas-interesantes/?p=30 ¿Cómo ahorrar más tinta en la impresora? « Cosas interesantes que encontré en la web

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  • http://sehaidoyamama.com/blog/?p=987 ¿se ha ido ya mama? » Blog Archive » tipografías de bajo consumo de tinta

    [...] Está demostrado “casi científicamente” que es una de las tipografías que ahorran más tinta. Si no, mirad este experimento de Matt Robinson encontrado aquí. [...]

  • http://okeycomputer.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/ahorra-tinta-de-tu-impresora-elige-la-fuente-adecuada/ Ahorra Tinta de tu impresora elige la fuente adecuada « Okey Computer

    [...] Offtopic — Etiquetas:ahorra, fuente, impresora, tinta, tips — okeycomputer @ 6:18 pm Matt Robinson seleccionó algunas de las fuentes standard más utilizadas y escribió la misma palabra con cada [...]

  • http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/22/measuring-type-offers-insight-into-eco-friendly-fonts/ Inhabitat » Measuring Type Reveals the Most Eco-Friendly Fonts

    [...] Via notcot and worldfamousdesignjunkies [...]

  • http://noquedanblogs.com/inspiracion/measuring-type-que-tinta-es-mas-economica/ Measuring Type, Qué fuente es más económica? « noquedanblogs.com

    [...] Wrigglesworth & Matt Robinson & via worldfamousdesignjunkies Escrito por Sabino Aguad [...]

  • http://twitter.com/davidhestler/statuses/2803857322 davidhestler (David Hestler)

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    how much inc you need for “sample”? look at this project: [link to post]

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  • http://www.tikalcreativo.com/blog/archives/272 Las Tipografías mas Económicas » Tikal Creativo elBlog

    [...] Matt Robinson hizo un peculiar experiemento con tipografias, un súper simple ejercicio sobre la cantidad de tinta que se utiliza cuando se utiliza una fuente . Se incluyen algunas de las fuentes más populares de todo el mundo, todos ellos utilizando caracteres latinos. [...]

  • http://www.echateunclick.com/blog/2009/08/20/las-tipografias-mas-economicas/ echate un click » Blog Archive » Las tipografías mas Economicas

    [...] Matt Robinson hizo un peculiar experiemento con tipografias, un súper simple ejercicio sobre la cantidad de tinta que se utiliza cuando se utiliza una fuente . Se incluyen algunas de las fuentes más populares de todo el mundo, todos ellos utilizando caracteres latinos. [...]

  • http://hiphonest.com/blog/?p=2397 Do the ink ink ink! – Hiphonest;

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