Ink coverage for 300 fonts

For printer running costs and fonts see also

I have some other posts about ink-saving and how to save paper with different layouts.

• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2014/10/saving-ink-with-spranq-ecofont.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/printer-running-costs-test.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/printercoms-font-cost-test-transcript.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/ink-coverage.html<<< this page
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/07/80gsm-a4-paper-in-uk.html 

Inkfarm.com/font_coverage.php is a good compilation of ink coverage by font, with slightly different results to the few tests on fonts for ink usage and printer running costs that I've done at the bottom of this page. This is useful stuff to know if your'e interested in printer running costs. Other tests from Printer.com or Which Magazine seem to contradict as well - it's not just mine and inkfarm's that are different. I've copied inkfarm's results order or lightness, then in alphabetical order, getting figures from their source code. So far as I can see, they have taken a set of fonts from their operating system and tried to add which font exactly is being used so they've added descriptions like EF, ITC, MT, FB, or LT.
For some of the fonts I have got around to linking with a site that shows a large preview - AZfonts - or a wikipedia entry or even the company that produced the font.

EF = Elsner + Flake                                     Wiki 
FZ = Fantazia Fonts                           luc.devroy.org
ITC= International Typeface Corporation                 Wiki
MT = Monotype Corporation                               Wiki
FB = Font Bureau                                        Wiki
LT = Linotype                                           Wiki

This list mixes types of font. Calibri is sans-serif, and so slightly harder to read as printed body text. Inkfarm's own recommendation for readability according to standard rules of thumb is Baskerville Old Face, which comes in a free open source version. One way of getting a copy is to download and open the zip file, then cut and past to the windows/fonts folder if all the relevant background is in place.


  1.2500 HighEmotions [numeric only]
  1.3400 Palace Script MT
  1.3800 Bernhard EF Fashion              Identifont    Wiki 
  1.5900 Kunstler Script
  1.7900 Parchment or
  2.1700 Luke
  2.2600 ADONIS
  2.2600 Calibri (Body)
  2.4100 Binkley
  2.4200 Miles
  2.4500 Devon
  2.4700 Edwardian Script ITC                           Wiki
  2.6000 WishingType 
  2.6500 French Script MT                 no sample     Wiki
  2.6800 Huntson
  2.7700 Feliz
  2.7700 Feliz
  2.8000 English Script EF
  2.8700 Charlee
  2.9200 Benjamin
  2.9300 Sabina
  2.9700 Melted Text  
  3.0200 Betsy
  3.0200 Bradley Hand ITC
  3.0700 Chiller
  3.1300 Vladimir Script                 Identifont
  3.1700 Maxell
  3.2000 Freestyle Script
  3.2000 Kartika
  3.2500 KingsFont
  3.2600 Eras Light ITC
  3.2900 Monotype Corsiva
  3.2900 Zapf Chancery                   Identifont     Wiki
  3.3100 Maximo
  3.3800 PaintStroke
  3.4700 Vivaldi  
  3.8100 FlairRoman
  3.8700 Informal Roman
  3.8800 Juice ITC
  3.9100 Blackadder ITC
  3.9400 Futura Lt                                      Wiki
  3.9600 Perpetua                                       Wiki
  4.0000 Britannic EF ExtraLight                        Wiki
  4.0100 Felix
  4.0200 Vrinda
  4.1100 WhiteWater
  4.3200 Stern
  4.4400 SmallRose
  4.4900 SnowWrite
  4.5700 Tempus Sans ITC                   Identifont
  4.0500 Niagara Engraved                  Identifont
  4.0800 Chong
  4.0900 Dakota
  4.1100 Kendric
  4.1500 Papyrus [Letraset ITC]                         Wiki
  4.1700 Macbeth
  4.3300 Cassandra
  4.3600 Colonna MT
  4.3900 MS Mincho
  4.4000 Garamond
  4.4300 Courier
  4.4300 Courier New
  4.5000 Bodoni MT Condensed              Identifont
  4.5100 Rage Italic
  4.5200 Pristina
  4.5300 Goudy Old Style
  4.6700 Gigi
  4.7300 BEll MT
  4.7400 Cody
  4.8400 AE
  4.8900 Bruce
  4.9600 Diane
  5.0700 Baskerville Old Face             Identifont   Wiki 
         recommended by inkfarm for legibility 
  5.1200 Bonnie
  5.1300 Linea EF
  5.1500 Mistral
     5.1700 Tw Cen MT Condensed      
  5.2000 Californian FB
  5.2000 Poor Richard                     Identifont 
  5.2600 Harrington
  5.2700 Brush Script MT
  5.2900 Iris
  5.2900 OliveOil
  5.3100 Gill Sans MT Condensed                        Wiki
  5.3400 Blair
  5.4000 Times (Italics)
  5.4600 Agency FB
  5.5600 High Tower Text
  5.6000 Tracy
  5.6300 Bodoni MT                        Identifont   Wiki
  5.7100 Modern No. 20
  5.7300 Footlight MT Light
  5.7300 Niagara Solid
  5.7600 Celeste
  5.7700 Imprint MT Shadow
  5.8200 Times
  5.8200 Times New Roman
  5.8800 Brody
  5.8900 Lynn
  5.8900 QuickType Condensed
  5.8900 QuickType II Condensed
  5.9900 Mohammed
  6.0400 Bodoni MT Compressed
  6.0400 Onyx
  6.1100 Classic
  6.2300 PlayBill
  6.3100 Darnell
  6.3200 Chantal
  6.3800 Clarence
  6.4400 Dana
  6.4900 ReturnToEarth
  6.5300 Danny
  6.5500 Calibri
  6.5600 Book Antiqua
  6.5600 Palatino
  6.5600 Palitino Linotype
  6.6000 Corbel
  6.6200 Arial Narrow
  6.6200 Gloucester MT Extra Condensed
  6.6200 Helvetica Condensed
  6.6200 Helvetica-Narrow
  6.6400 Cambria
  6.6400 Cambria Math
  6.6700 Calisto MT
  6.7800 Candara
  6.8100 QuickType
  6.8100 QuickType II
  6.8800 Century
  6.8900 Maiandra GD
  6.9000 Franklin Gothic Book
  6.9300 Bria
  6.9900 Eras Medium ITC
  7.0300 Constantia
  7.0400 Herman
  7.0500 Bodoni EF
  7.0500 Hana
  7.0900 Balloon EF Drop Shadow
  7.1000 Century Schoolbook (Italics)
  7.1400 Copperplate Gothic Light
  7.1800 QuickType II Mono
  7.1800 QuickType Mono
  7.2500 Futura Bk                                     Wiki
  7.2500 Gill Sans MT                                  Wiki
  7.3200 Maxell
  7.4800 Ecofont Vera Sans                             Wiki
  7.5300 Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold
  7.5400 Felix Titling
  7.5600 Castellar                         Identifont
  7.6100 Plakata EF ExtraCondensed
  7.6200 OCR A Extend                                  Wiki
  7.6200 OCR-A II
  7.6600 Georgia                                       Wiki
  7.6600 Rockwell Condensed
  7.6700 Bookman                                       Wiki
  7.6700 Bookman Old Style
  7.7200 Consolas                                      Wiki
  7.7500 Perpetua Titling MT               Identifont
  7.8400 Calvin
  7.8400 Century Schoolbook                            Wiki
  7.8400 NewCenturySchlbk LT
  7.9200 Century Gothic (Italics)
  7.9800 FirstHome
  8.0300 Futura Md
  8.0400 Jackie
  8.1000 Arial                                         Wiki
  8.1000 Estrangelo Edessa
  8.1000 Gautami
  8.1000 Helvetica
  8.1000 Latha
  8.1000 Mangal
  8.1000 MV Boli
  8.1000 Raavi
  8.1200 RealVirtue
  8.1600 Lucida Bright                                 Wiki
  8.1800 AvantGarde
  8.1800 Century Gothic                                Wiki
  8.1900 Feltpoint                                     Wiki
  8.2200 Franklin Gothic Medium Cond
  8.3400 ModernArt
  8.3700 Britannic EF Medium
  8.3900 David
  8.4100 Akeem
  8.4700 Arial (Italics)                               Wiki
  8.4700 Helvetica (Italics)
  8.4700 Lucida Calligraphy                            Wiki
  8.4800 Arial Unicode MS
  8.4900 Microsoft Sans Serif
  8.5200 Lucida Sans                                   Wiki
  8.5200 Lucida Sans Unicode                           Wiki
  8.5400 Braddon
  8.5600 RoaringFire
  8.6300 Gatlinggun
  8.6600 Abracadabra  
  8.7700 Chinaone
  8.7800 Lucida Fax
  8.7900 Flippant
  8.8100 JustStew
  8.9100 Bitstream Vera Serif
  8.9800 Lucida Console
  8.9900 Harlow Solid Italic
  6.1400 Tw Cen MT
  6.3000 WalbaumFrakturEF
  6.4600 Sylfaen
  7.1600 Segoe UI
  7.6500 Viner Hand ITC
  8.0100 Script MT Bold
  8.1000 Shruti
  8.1000 Tunga
  8.1500 Times (Bold Italics)
  8.4100 Trebuchet MS                                  Wiki
  8.6600 Abracadabra
  8.9800 Tahoma
  9.0500 Verdana (Italics)
  9.0500 Wired
  9.0600 Times (Bolded)
  9.2800 Verdana                                       Wiki
  9.9300 Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold
  9.0000 Lucida Sans Typewriter
  9.0300 Berlin Sans FB
  9.0500 OpenClassic
  9.1200 Comic Sans MS
  9.1600 Rockwell
  9.1800 Bitstream Vera Sans
  9.2000 Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
  9.2000 Franklin Gothic Medium
  9.2000 Micheal
  9.2800 MS Reference Sans Serif
  9.4000 Delaney
  9.4600 OCR B MT
  9.6900 Clowningway
  9.7700 Billy
  9.8300 PeopleStype
  9.8600 PlakataEFBoldCondensed
 10.0400 FontFever
 10.1700 Matura MT Script Capitals
 10.2700 Franklin Gothic Demi Cond
 10.3000 Cambell
 10.3500 Griffen
 10.3500 Kristen ITC
 10.4200 Jokerman
 10.4300 Denise
 10.4300 Lincoln
 10.7000 Lucida Handwriting
 10.8200 Eras Demi ITC
 10.9700 Algerian
 11.0800 Forte
 11.2200 Haettenscweiler
 11.2500 Desiree
 11.3700 Baily
 11.3900 Franklin Gothic Demi
 11.3900 Magneto
 11.4100 Cityscape
 11.5100 Clever
 11.5600 Futura Hv
 11.7000 Arial Rounded MT Bold
 11.7900 Elegance
 11.7900 Elegance 
 11.9100 Sublime
 11.9500 Century Schoolbook (Bold Italics)
 11.9900 Britannic Bold
 12.0500 PostBoy
 12.0700 BritannicEFBold
 12.1900 Mario
 12.3000 Elephant
 12.3100 Adriana
 12.4500 Bodoni MT Black
 12.4700 Century Schoolbook (Bolded)
 12.6100 LivingWell
 12.6500 Arial (Bold Italics)
 12.6500 Helvetica (Bold Italics)
 12.6600 Copperplate Gothic Bold
 12.7300 Adrian
 12.8300 Crash
 12.8300 Crash
 12.9000 Century Gothic (Bold Italics)
 12.9200 Berlin Sans FB Demi
 12.9500 Century Gothic (Bolded)
 12.9800 Josie
 12.9900 Arial (Bolded)
 12.9900 Helvetica (Bolded)
 13.1100 Action
 13.1100 Action
 13.1700 Bump
 13.2700 Bauhaus 93
 13.2700 BlippoBlackEF
 13.3600 Engravers MT
 14.0600 Bernard MT Condensed
 14.2900 Genuine
 14.6100 Franklin Gothic Heavy
 14.8100 VerticalSmudge
 14.8300 Junior
 14.8400 Destine
 14.9600 Eras Bold ITC
 15.1100 BritannicEFUltra
 15.2600 Broadway
 15.5200 Cooper Black
 15.5300 BalloonEFExtraBold
 15.8200 Verdana (Bold Italics)
 15.8600 Verdana (Bolded) 
 16.0600 Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed
 16.5700 Arial Black
 16.7800 James
 16.8000 Counter
 17.3900 Design
 17.0400 Stencil
 17.6100 Impact
 17.9100 Snap ITC
 18.3400 Killian
 18.5600 Rockwell Extra Bold
 18.9600 MarketPro
 21.3600 Goudy Stout
 21.4200 Wide Latin
 22.6400 Ravie
 23.6700 Gill Sans Ultra Bold
 25.8400 Showcard Gothic

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 13.1100 Action
 13.1100 Action
  2.2600 ADONIS
 12.7300 Adrian
 12.3100 Adriana
  4.8400 AE
  5.4600 Agency FB
  8.4100 Akeem
 10.9700 Algerian
  8.1000 Arial
 12.6500 Arial (Bold Italics)
 12.9900 Arial (Bolded)
  8.4700 Arial (Italics)
 16.5700 Arial Black
  6.6200 Arial Narrow
 11.7000 Arial Rounded MT Bold
  8.4800 Arial Unicode MS
  8.1800 AvantGarde
 11.3700 Baily
  7.0900 BalloonEFDropShadow
 15.5300 BalloonEFExtraBold
  5.0700 Baskerville Old Face
 13.2700 Bauhaus 93
  4.7300 BEll MT
  2.9200 Benjamin
  9.0300 Berlin Sans FB
 12.9200 Berlin Sans FB Demi
 14.0600 Bernard MT Condensed
  1.3800 BernhardEFFashion
  3.0200 Betsy
  9.7700 Billy
  9.1800 Bitstream Vera Sans
  9.2000 Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
  8.9100 Bitstream Vera Serif
  3.9100 Blackadder ITC
  5.3400 Blair
 13.2700 BlippoBlackEF
  5.6300 Bodoni MT
 12.4500 Bodoni MT Black
  6.0400 Bodoni MT Compressed
  4.5000 Bodoni MT Condenced
  7.0500 BodoniEF
  5.1200 Bonnie
  6.5600 Book Antiqua
  7.6700 Bookman
  7.6700 Bookman Old Style
  8.5400 Braddon
  3.0200 Bradley Hand ITC
  6.9300 Bria
  2.4100 Brinkley
 11.9900 Britannic Bold
 12.0700 BritannicEFBold
  4.0000 BritannicEFExtraLight
  8.3700 BritannicEFMedium
 15.1100 BritannicEFUltra
 15.2600 Broadway
  5.8800 Brody
  4.8900 Bruce
  5.2700 Brush Script MT
 13.1700 Bump
  6.5500 Calibri
  2.2600 Calibri (Body)
  5.2000 Californian FB
  6.6700 Calisto MT
  7.8400 Calvin
 10.3000 Cambell
  6.6400 Cambria
  6.6400 Cambria Math
  6.7800 Candara
  4.3300 Cassandra
  7.5600 Castellar
  5.7600 Celeste
  6.8800 Century
  8.1800 Century Gothic
 12.9000 Century Gothic (Bold Italics)
 12.9500 Century Gothic (Bolded)
  7.9200 Century Gothic (Italics)
  7.8400 Century Schoolbook
 11.9500 Century Schoolbook (Bold Italics)
 12.4700 Century Schoolbook (Bolded)
  7.1000 Century Schoolbook (Italics)
  6.3200 Chantal
  2.8700 Charlee
  3.0700 Chiller
  8.7700 Chinaone
  4.0800 Chong
 11.4100 Cityscape
  6.3800 Clarence
  6.1100 Classic
 11.5100 Clever
  9.6900 Clowningway
  4.7400 Cody
  4.3600 Colonna MT
  9.1200 Comic Sans MS
  7.7200 Consolas
  7.0300 Constantia 
 15.5200 Cooper Black
 12.6600 Copperplate Gothic Bold 
  7.1400 Copperplate Gothic Light
  6.6000 Corbel
 16.8000 Counter
  4.4300 Courier
  4.4300 Courier New
 12.8300 Crash
 12.8300 Crash
  4.0900 Dakota
  6.4400 Dana
  6.5300 Danny
  6.3100 Darnell
  8.3900 David
  9.4000 Delaney
 10.4300 Denise
 17.3900 Design
 11.2500 Desiree
 14.8400 Destine
  2.4500 Devon
  4.9600 Diane
  7.4800 Ecofont Vera Sans
  2.4700 Edwardian Script ITC
 11.7900 Elegance
 11.7900 Elegance
 12.3000 Elephant
  2.8000 EnglishScriptEF
 13.3600 Engravers MT
 14.9600 Eras Bold ITC
 10.8200 Eras Demi ITC
  3.2600 Eras Light ITC
  6.9900 Eras Medium ITC
  8.1000 Estrangelo Edessa
  4.0100 Felix
  7.5400 Felix Titling
  2.7700 Feliz
  2.7700 Feliz
  8.1900 Feltpoint
  7.9800 FirstHome
  3.8100 FlairRoman
  8.7900 Flippant
 10.0400 FontFever
  5.7300 Footlight MT Light
 11.0800 Forte
  6.9000 Franklin Gothic Book
 11.3900 Franklin Gothic Demi
 10.2700 Franklin Gothic Demi Cond
 14.6100 Franklin Gothic Heavy
  9.2000 Franklin Gothic Medium
  8.2200 Franklin Gothic Medium Cond
  3.2000 Freestyle Script
  2.6500 French Script MT
  7.2500 Futura Bk
 11.5600 Futura Hv
  3.9400 Futura Lt
  8.0300 Futura Md
  4.4000 Garamond
  8.6300 Gatlinggun
  8.1000 Gautami
 14.2900 Genuine
  7.6600 Georgia
  4.6700 Gigi
  7.2500 Gill Sans MT
  5.3100 Gill Sans MT Condensed
  7.5300 Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold
 23.6700 Gill Sans Ultra Bold
 16.0600 Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed
  6.6200 Gloucester MT Extra Condensed
  4.5300 Goudy Old Style
 21.3600 Goudy Stout
 10.3500 Griffen
 11.2200 Haettenscweiler
  7.0500 Hana
  8.9900 Harlow Solid Italic
  5.2600 Harrington
  8.1000 Helvetica
 12.6500 Helvetica (Bold Italics)
 12.9900 Helvetica (Bolded)
  8.4700 Helvetica (Italics)
  6.6200 Helvetica Condensed
  6.6200 Helvetica-Narrow
  7.0400 Herman
  5.5600 High Tower Text
  1.2500 HighEmotions
  2.6800 Huntson
 17.6100 Impact
  5.7700 Imprint MT Shadow
  3.8700 Informal Roman
  5.2900 Iris
  8.0400 Jackie
 16.7800 James
 10.4200 Jokerman
 12.9800 Josie
  3.8800 Juice ITC
 14.8300 Junior
  8.8100 JustStew
  3.2000 Kartika
  4.1100 Kendric
 18.3400 Killian
  3.2500 KingsFont
 10.3500 Kristen ITC
  1.5900 Kunstler Script
  8.1000 Latha
 10.4300 Lincoln
  5.1300 LineaEF
 12.6100 LivingWell
  8.1600 Lucida Bright
  8.4700 Lucida Calligraphy
  8.9800 Lucida Console
  8.7800 Lucida Fax
 10.7000 Lucida Handwriting
  8.5200 Lucida Sans
  9.0000 Lucida Sans Typewriter
  8.5200 Lucida Sans Unicode
  2.1700 Luke
  5.8900 Lynn
  4.1700 Macbeth
 11.3900 Magneto
  6.8900 Maiandra GD
  8.1000 Mangal
 12.1900 Mario
 18.9600 MarketPro
 10.1700 Matura MT Script Capitals
  3.1700 Maxell
  3.3100 Maximo
  2.9700 MeltedText
  9.2000 Micheal
  8.4900 Microsoft Sans Serif
  2.4200 Miles
  5.1500 Mistral
  5.7100 Modern No. 20
  8.3400 ModernArt
  5.9900 Mohammed
  3.2900 Monotype Corsiva
  4.3900 MS Mincho
  9.2800 MS Reference Sans Serif
  8.1000 MV Boli
  7.8400 NewCenturySchlbk
  4.0500 Niagara Engraved
  5.7300 Niagara Solid
  7.6200 OCR A Extend
  9.4600 OCR B MT
  7.6200 OCR-A II
  7.3200 Old English Text MT
  5.2900 OliveOil
  6.0400 Onyx
  9.0500 OpenClassic
  3.3800 PaintStroke
  1.3400 Palace Script MT
  6.5600 Palatino
  6.5600 Palitino Linotype
  4.1500 Papyrus
  1.7900 Parchment
  9.8300 PeopleStype
  3.9600 Perpetua                                   Wiki
  7.7500 Perpetua Titling MT
  9.8600 PlakataEFBoldCondensed
  7.6100 PlakataEFExtraCondensed
  6.2300 PlayBill
  5.2000 Poor Richard                               Identifont
 12.0500 PostBoy
  4.5200 Pristina
  6.8100 QuickType
  5.8900 QuickType Condensed
  6.8100 QuickType II
  5.8900 QuickType II Condensed
  7.1800 QuickType II Mono
  7.1800 QuickType Mono
  8.1000 Raavi
  4.5100 Rage Italic
 22.6400 Ravie
  8.1200 RealVirtue
  6.4900 ReturnToEarth
  8.5600 RoaringFire
  9.1600 Rockwell
  7.6600 Rockwell Condensed
 18.5600 Rockwell Extra Bold
  2.9300 Sabina
  8.0100 Script MT Bold
  7.1600 Segoe UI
 25.8400 Showcard Gothic
  8.1000 Shruti
  4.4400 SmallRose
 17.9100 Snap ITC
  4.4900 SnowWrite
 17.0400 Stencil
  4.3200 Stern
 11.9100 Sublime
  6.4600 Sylfaen
  8.9800 Tahoma
  4.5700 Tempus Sans ITC
  5.8200 Times
  8.1500 Times (Bold Italics)
  9.0600 Times (Bolded)
  5.4000 Times (Italics)
  5.8200 Times New Roman
  5.6000 Tracy
  8.4100 Trebuchet MS
  8.1000 Tunga
  6.1400 Tw Cen MT
  5.1700 Tw Cen MT Condensed
  9.9300 Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold
  9.2800 Verdana
 15.8200 Verdana (Bold Italics)
 15.8600 Verdana (Bolded)
  9.0500 Verdana (Italics)
 14.8100 VerticalSmudge
  7.6500 Viner Hand ITC
  3.4700 Vivaldi
  3.1300 Vladimir Script
  4.0200 Vrinda
  6.3000 WalbaumFrakturEF
  4.1100 WhiteWater
 21.4200 Wide Latin
  9.0500 Wired
  2.6000 WishingType
  3.2900 ZapfChancery


Printer running cost tests of different fonts for ink coverage

These tests are separate from inkfarm and just a dabble from AZfonts previews, accessed as urls to an online photo converter, downloaded as jpegs with 100% quality, then uploaded to http://lab.dejaworks.com/dev/inc-toner-consumption-calculator/,
The choice of text could make a couple of percentage points difference, with Univers above Calibri for the first text sample but below Calibri for the standard Lorem Ipsum text sample.
Re-loading a sample of Helios Light that had been on the blog showed an increased ink coverage from 6.82 to 9.77 for unknown reasons.

It should be possible to skip a stage: save as .png and upload to dejaworks, but the background counted as black instead of transparent so it didn't work. It should also be possible to upload from azfonts straight to the editor, but a randomised default text uploads instead of the selected one.

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06.75 Roman Hollow FZ

6.75 Parchment MT

06.82 Helios Thin PT

07.00 Eras Light ITC

08.68 Informal Roman

09.49 Garamond MT Roman

11.02 Baskerville Old Face

13.68 Calibri regular

12.49% Times Roman

13.85 Gulliver

 

13.93 Univers LT regular

16.17 Adonis

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Printer.com : Does font choice make a difference?

For printer running costs and fonts see also 

I have some other posts about ink-saving and how to save paper with different layouts.

• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2014/10/saving-ink-with-spranq-ecofont.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/printer-running-costs-test.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/printercoms-font-cost-test-transcript.html<here
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/01/ink-coverage.html
• veg-buildlog.blogspot.com/2015/07/80gsm-a4-paper-in-uk.html

Printer.com's 2009 test is nothing special but is sometimes referred to in posts about saving ink like mine below, and one of the comments on https://www.inkfarm.com/What-the-Font so I have reserrected it below.
A similar test from emerginginvestors.org studied more fonts with a more careful test, so the results of that are shown below the main printer.com ones

https://web.archive.org/web/20121022091251/http://blog.printer.com/2009/04/printing-costs-does-font-choice-make-a-difference copied October 22nd 2012

Printing Costs: Does Font Choice Make a Difference?

13 April 2009 | Uncategorized | bob at Printer.com

Did you realize you can actually cut printing costs just by choosing another font? Even with everyone looking for new ways to save money, it’s doubtful most people have considered the font they use for letters, reports, and notices, but you can actually save 31% on your ink cartridge costs just by picking the right font.

Printer.com recently put this notion to the test using two popular printers. The Canon Pixma MP 210 was picked to simulate the printing of private users while the Brother HL-2140 laser printer was used to test business use. Both printers were left at their default settings (600 by 600 dpi). Changing only the font resulted in saving between $20 and $80 per year.

Arial, reigning as the most popular font, was used as the “zero” measurement, against which nine other fonts were tested. The clear winner was Century Gothic, which returned 31% savings in both printers. For the average private user, printing approximately 25 pages per week, this will easily generate a net reduction of $20 in a year. A business-user, printing approximately 250 pages per week, could save $80. If your organization uses multiple printers, you can save hundreds of dollars per year doing nothing more than picking a more economical font.
Century Gothic is a modern font that comes standard with MS Windows. Surprisingly, it even beat Ecofont which was specifically designed with efficiency and cost in mind. For those who require a more “traditional” look, Times New Roman provides a good balance between style and savings.

Details of the research:
• 10 frequently used fonts were selected.
• The font size (10 or 11) is relative. Font size was chosen in such a way that the page filling for all fonts in the model letter was virtually the same.
• To determine the coverage, the model letter is saved as PDF file. This PDF is calculated by the software pfill, which calculates the coverage of the specific font.
• To determine the cost of a private user per year, the inkjet printer “Canon Pixma MP 210” was used with 25 printed pages per week.
• To determine the cost of a small-business user per year, the laser printer “Brother HL-2140” was used with 250 printed pages per week.
• Both Canon and Brother publish the number of printed pages with a coverage of 5%. Through interpolation, the costs have been calculated for other coverage rates if the sample letter would be printed with other fonts.
• For the Canon printer, calculations are based upon a black cartridge PG-40 with a retail value of roughly $17 In case of the Brother printer calculations are based upon a black cartridge with a retail value of $30.
Photo credit: borman818
>> Listen to an NPR report about the U of Wisconsin’s switch to Century Schoolbook (2 minutes)
Disclaimer.
The values of the Printer.com research are approximate values that are based on the model letter. Actual situations can be different. Printer.com makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any product, information or calculation provided or offered by any manufacturer, e-store or merchant; and you hereby expressly acknowledge that any reliance on any representations and warranties, whether provided in writing or otherwise, provided by any e-Store, merchant, vendor or manufacturer will be at your own risk.

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A similar test was done using apfill here:
http://www.emerginginvestigators.org/2014/03/the-effect-of-font-type-on-a-schools-ink-cost/
The table of results is more complex than needed, but does quote more fonts than Printer.com:

The test covered a few other points than coverage.
Apfill software gave different result on a mac or a pc, and about 8% higher than a manual estimage.
Test documents can be done for a specific purpose. The school test document had a lot of underlines in it because teachers use them in handouts: the character quoted after "z" is underline or underscore.

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1. Arlo
   April 13th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
   You can also just change the font size or the line spacing, or the margins.
   Or if you’re really concerned about saving ink/toner, just stop printing.
   
2. Greening Your Printer | Printer & Ink Toner Reviews & News from Printer.com
   April 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
   [...] reminder that we all should do what we can to conserve. Saving ink by choosing a more efficient font is a good start, but it’s only the beginning. Here are five more ways you can green your [...]
   
3. Ellen
   April 26th, 2009 at 3:49 am
   Using those tiny little sans serif fonts are great for people with great vision, but perhaps not so great for older readers, and by older I mean anyone over forty.
   Sanserif fonts like Arial are grand for headlines, not so good for the body of the text. Sure you’ll save some money, but you’ll wear out the reader. Those little tails, the serifs, on fonts like Garamond help lead the eye along.
   If you’ve just printing tons of crap and you don’t think it matters if anyone reads it, then hey, use Helvetica. But if you are writing something important or worthwhile, OR, if other people are compelled to read it, then don’t make them suffer to save yourself a couple of cents.
   For the body of text, Arial sucks.
   
4. Brian
   April 26th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
   Ellen,
   If you want to use a serif font, you’ll notice from the chart that Times New Roman (a serif font) handily beats out Arial in efficiency.
   Arial sees such widespread use primarily because it’s the default in programs like MS’s Word and Internet Explorer. But Century Gothic is far more efficient in terms of ink usage.
   I myself prefer Garamond as well. It’s just a friendlier font that invites the reader’s eye to peruse the page. But when efficiency counts, like for drafts and things, I think I’ll probably switch to Century Gothic. Buying all those ink cartridges really bites you in the wallet!
   
5. jellisii
   June 7th, 2009 at 1:50 am
   Umm.. if you’re *really* thinking about saving cash, and don’t need serifs, check out http://www.ecofont.eu/
   They’ve taken a very plain font and punched tiny holes in all the glyphs in such a manner that it doesn’t detract from readability.
   
6. MGC
   November 21st, 2009 at 3:25 am
   Unbelievable!!!! Do you mean tell me, that smaller type uses less ink and is therefore less costly to print? I’m stunned, and I’m one of those older readers who’s looked at a lot words, and was earlier so rudely referred to by another contributor to as being “older readers”. A designer friend of mine would often tell me that, “… and printing with larger type uses more ink Michael, ergo it cost’s more to print….” I would laugh and call him a fool, telling him he had been over educated at his fancy education place and lost all common sense. But according to your test the joke’s on me. Now I owe somebody one rather large apology. Please excuse me.
   Also for your information, those little tails, stressed lines, sagging umlauts and dots at the ends of the letterforms, all mean that you’re printing in the German.
   
7. Jennifer Woodhull
   November 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
   I select all and change the color of my text to dark gray before printing drafts. It makes my ink go a lot further.
   
8. Gary Johnson
   March 26th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
   Is there additional data available for more font/font sizes? I would like to see more comparisons at the same font size. Specifically Century Gothic & Ecofont at 11 against the Arial and Time Roman at 11.
   Thanks, Gary
   
9. Brian
   March 31st, 2010 at 3:07 pm
   There is reasonable doubt in the testing done.
   I too would like to see the comparisons at the same font size. Changing the font size would change the amount of ink used Until the font sizes are the same this test does not prove Century Gothic is cheaper than Arial because the fonts sizes are different.
   The reason for changing the fonts to 10 point vs 11 point was for filling the page. The test should be done so all words fit on one page with the exact same words for each font. This would be an accurate test to prove which font saves money.
   By using Arial at 10 point I might save more money than with Century Gothic, but this test doesn’t give me those numbers.
   With my preliminary testing I found using the same point size for Arial and Century Gothic and having lengthy text. I would use more paper with Century Gothic. The exact same text at the same point size fitting on a page with Arial would flow onto a second page with Century Gothic.
   
10. kimm
    March 31st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
    Brian,
    Do you ever use EcoFont? I am curious as to how this compares.
    
11. Brian
    March 31st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
    Kimm,
    I don’t myself, but if you check on our table, you’ll see that even EcoFont came in second to Century Gothic.
    
12. Keith Nelson
    April 1st, 2010 at 3:47 pm
    I printed the same sentence in six different fonts to get a subjective look:
    Consolas 10.5, Century Gothic 10, Calibri 11, Times Roman 11, Arial 11, and Ecofont 10. Consolas 10.5 is the default plain text email font at our college. Our default html font is Calibri 11 which according to test results in the article is about 9% more wasteful than Century Gothic 10. I think the point size differences are understandable since some fonts run small or large. Subjectively I liked Time Roman 11 for the combination of clarity and ink efficiency (in the top three along with Century Gothic and Ecofont). I am surprised it is that good in ink efficiency. I’m looking into it and considering changing to this as the default font for our college to give the best bang for the buck with the least ink.
    
13. Chadarius
    April 5th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
    Brian,
    "The test should be done so all words fit on one page with the exact same words for each font"
    That is exactly what they did by changing the font. I agree that it is not entirely scientific though. What they should have probably done is figured out a way to "shrink to fit" everything on one page and done the test that way.
    Its tough but I’m sure there is a way to make an exact comparison. Basically you want the same word count per page regardless of the font size. They were closer than just using the same font size across all fonts in this experiment but it seems to be a bit more of an "eye-ball" measurement than some kind of math calculation.
    This is a great start though. I brought this up in our stuff meeting this morning and everyone got really excited about it.
    
14. Avrami
    April 6th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
    Brian,
    Why change the fonts if you can optimize the amount of ink used to print all fonts, graphics, and images?
    
15. Pete
    April 7th, 2010 at 9:39 am
    That’s an incredible saving for just a simple font change. Interesting that the makers of Star Trek Enterprise used it as a “futuristic” font – did they know something we didn’t 
    
16. Gilbert E. Vanblarcum
    April 7th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
    CHADARIUS I agree with you.
    Print using GARAMOND. Try it out and you will experience savings on ink and paper.
    
17. Stanford Alan Griffith
    April 7th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
    Since Century Gothic letters are wider than those of Arial, you will be using more paper as well as the text will have to flow onto additional pages. I don’t see that calculated into the cost.
    On a one-page document that won’t matter, but in a book, that can mean many additional octaves (pages of eight, which is the standard for books), which is more expensive.
    Has anyone priced that?
    
18. Paul G
    April 7th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
    Has anyone noticed the real cost savings has more to do with printer selection than font?
    I’m no math major and I hope I’ve calculated this correctly but:
    Based on the studies’ assumption of 25 pages/week home use and 250/week for business when using any of the fonts the Canon is roughly 260% more expensive than the Brother:
    For Century Gothic:
    Canon – $0.0356/page
    Brother – $0.0137/page
    Even using Franklin Gothic the Brother is only $0.022/page. If the target is to save money buy a printer with cheaper ink, then use the most efficient font for your document needs. For the life of me cannot understand why printer ink costs $5,200 / gal. (Canon – 11ml = $15) other than we have been conditioned to pay it. Color is over $8,400 / gal.!
    If you want to be green forget the ink, focus on the paper.
    Sometimes I think the printer companies picture us with a big sucker sign slapped to our backs. Maybe they\’re right.
    
19. Phil
    April 7th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
    I assume that these tests were done with font that is BLACK. What about (also) changing the font color to a dark gray?
    
20. Larry
    April 7th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
    The figures shown apply if the text doesn’t fill the page. For a longer document like a book or short story, at a common size such as 9pt (in which most non-large-print books are printed), a “wide” face such as Verdana or Garamond will take up the shown percent of the paper, but use more total paper, and probably more ink overall, compared to Arial or Times New Roman, respectively.
    
21. Ann Anemas
    April 8th, 2010 at 2:54 am
    What about Bookman Old Style 12 pt? A lot of US military offices use this as a standard. A cheaper font could save a lot of ink and money.
    
22. Valhalla
    April 8th, 2010 at 4:10 am
    Please, check Courier New! I love that font, very simple and precise which allows for crisp reading of forms / school papers. Takes up more space than Century Gothic (so also get me an axe…) but doesn’t seem any thicker in the lines.
    
23. P Cruz
    April 8th, 2010 at 11:03 am
    1) It is different to use size 10 or size 11.
    2) Size matters but some fonts use more ink. Valhalla says "…but doesn’t seem any thicker in the lines", correct, and also says "Takes up more space than Century Gothic", but that is in the horizontal not in the vertical.
    Please, check Courier New.
    
24. AvenirHelveticaFan
    April 8th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
    How about non-readily available fonts like Avenir, Futura, and Helvetica Neue?
    [Futura is a lot like Century Gothic, but slightly condensed]
    
25. Kevin Krol
    April 8th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
    Very interesting article. Just curious though – as a desgner, I would like to know how the beloved Helvetica font stacked up to the top ink saving fonts listed?
    
26. James
    April 8th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
    What would be the cost for Sans Serif 10 PT? This is our company default font, would Century Gothic really save much?
    
27. lee
    April 8th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
    so if i am reading the chart correctly, Century Gothic saves $80 per year given 250 pages, compared to Arial.
    What if I print 1000 pages per month, is that $320 per year?
    
28. Michael
    April 8th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
    Mr. Griffith (April 7th, 2010 at 5:03 pm) makes a good point when he asks about the additional costs of using more pages.
    I am currently working on a 140 page document, which is in Arial font. When I switched to Century Gothic, the number of pages increase to 150.
    That’s a 7% increase in the number of pages, which is not negligible.
    
29. Bob
    April 8th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    Well, I have to say that I enjoyed reading all of the comments! I’m with Printer.com and I thought I’d comment on a few of the things raised here:
    1.
    The request to test additional fonts has been heard, loud and clear! Our original testing was done about a year ago, and since then the Ecofont has been redesigned, and I now know that people are in love with various
    2.
    To those discussing the fact that different font sizes can have an impact on readability and the length of a document– of course you are correct. I think the thing to keep in mind is that we conducted a controlled test, which has to make certain assumptions and must keep certain aspects of the test constant to get meaningful results. Our results should only be used as one piece of input into your decision about what font to choose for your particular document. Just as there are hundreds (thousands?) of fonts to choose from, there is no single answer to the question “what font should I use in this document?”
    3.
    To the person commenting on the fact that the choice of PRINTER is more important than font to save money while printing, you certainly have a good point. That’s one of the reasons we created http://printer.com, so that we can expose the true cost of ownership of a printer, taking into account usage and the cost of ink over several years. I personally have found that buying a “cheap” printer is not so cheap in the long run. These “cheaper” printers tend to have much smaller ink cartridges, therefore you have to change cartridges more often. Even if the smaller cartridges are marginally cheaper than bigger ones, over a several year period you can find yourself spending WAAAAY more for ink than if you had purchased a more expensive printer (with larger cartridges) to begin with.
    Bob Crum
    Printer.com
    
30. The Ecofont Team
    April 9th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
    Hi all, to get things straight. Ecofont is not just ‘redesigned’ . Ecofont started 1,5 year ago with a proof of concept with which we put holes in Vera Sans by hand. As legibility was still very well we decided to develop Ecofont into software that shoots holes in EVERY font. By installing Ecofont software you add an Ecofont print button to your toolbar with which you can print directly with holes in the font you are working with at that moment. So with Ecofont software you will also be able to cut down on ink usage when using Century Gothic. We make the most saving font save much much more!
    Ecofont software will be available end of June.
    Kind regards,  The Ecofont Team
    
31. CHET
    April 10th, 2010 at 1:19 am
    I shall continue to use Microsoft comic sans no matter where it falls in the ink usage annals or tests or ………
    
32. Pete W
    April 11th, 2010 at 5:27 am
    As Brian pointed out, Century Gothic uses more paper then Arial. A quick check on my PC shows that using the default 1″ margin settings in MS Word 2007 it would take about 10.1 pages in 10 pt CG for every 9 pages in 10 pt Arial. Using Open Office Writer with its default .79″ margins, the ratio is about 8.2 pages in CG for every 7 pages in Arial.
    
33. Kermudjin
    April 11th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
    This is a nice Windows-centric test. Nothing about other excellent fonts like DejaVu and Liberation.
    
34. Joe
    April 12th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
    Times Roman is the best for reading on the paper!
    Arial and other serf fonts are on the other hand better for screen reading.
    
35. icystark
    April 13th, 2010 at 11:22 am
    Well, I really didn’t understand the second point (about the font size and the "virtual" page filling).
    Of course the space occupied is something defined by the font itself, and also by the font size. But if we compare different fonts, i think a better hypothesis should be the same font height (due to readability) and not the number of page occupied.
    
36. Phil
    April 13th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
    Recent tests colleagues have done show quite clearly that ECO font compared to Times New Roman uses 47% per cent MORE ink (and more paper) and if the ECO-font is reduced to the same size as the TNR it still uses 25% per cent more. The guy who did the tests has contacted the ECO SPRANQ people for their comments and has received no reply. I would love to see the test results done by the ECO font people.
    
37. Roberto
    April 16th, 2010 at 1:05 am
    Nobody mentioned COURIER, to my opinion, the most economical font because it it so thin. What do you think?
    
38. Jeanne
    April 16th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
    I too would like to see Courier comparied. It seems if I take any document using any of the above named fonts and change the font to Courier 10 (10-spaces/inch) and print from WP60 (yes I'm a dinosaur) I use less paper, and the print color is lighter, and the lines seem thiner. I use both WP60 and WP12, when I open the document in WP12 it changes the font to Courier New and the document is typcially about a page longer.
    
39. Jennifer
    April 19th, 2010 at 12:54 am
    Would it be possible for me to get a copy of the study? With the detailed data/results? I’m looking to convince my company to change default font in all of our programs.
    
40. Bob at Printer.com
    April 24th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
    Again, thanks to all of you for your great comments.
    I wanted to let all of you know that we at Printer.com have discussed an additional round of testing, Phase 2, and we believe that we will do this. We are looking at all of your suggestions of what fonts we should test. In addition, we want to wait for the new Ecofont, which apparently won’t be available until the end of June. So…stay tuned.
    Also, the test we did last year is not available in any form that we could make available for download. We didn’t anticipate that need, and didn’t prepare for it. However, we are looking at a brief we could create for this Phase 2 testing. Again…stay tuned.
    Bob Crum
    Printer.com
    
41. Tobias
    April 27th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
    Really nice topic i must say but the studies should have been more wider. It should have been not only about the "virtual" page filling but the same height with different fonts to see also the paper costs of increase by using another font. Like Pete W and Michael already said, the amount of paper on small documents might not increase that much but on really big documents like instruction manuals for machines it would be a great difference. And if you make the font too small on a printed document just to save paper it will just stress the reader of such a manual.
    So those studies should be extended to analyse also the font change in relation to the paper usage.
    With kind greetings
    Tobias
    P.S.: Sorry if my english might be a little bit difficult to read or wrong sometimes for native speakers. I’m from germany.
    
42. Gene
    April 29th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    For webmasters (and those who think they are) providing a way to either create a PDF of an article, or providing a "printer friendly" view option is a huge help. The other issue is to make sure those options readily evident. And, by the way, it would be nice if the printer friendly view can show comments or not at the users option. (Note this page does not provide it.)
    
43. Preston (Printer Ink cartridges are my life) Stockland
    May 3rd, 2010 at 9:01 am
    The comparison is good, but can you also do a price comparison b/w genuine and compatible ink cartridges? Surely one way to save money wold be to use a compatable or refilled cartridge too.
    
44. Nigel Briggs
    May 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
    Much more effective than changing fonts:
    Print less – The less you print the more you save.
    Write less – edit your documents. Most texts are too wordy.
    
45. Yordan K.
    May 5th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
    You should really check your source better bob.
    https://www.ecofont.com/en/products/green/printing/saving-printing-costs-and-eco-friendly/why-ecofont-saves-more-ink-than-century-gothic.html
    
46. Bob at Printer.com
    May 6th, 2010 at 2:18 am
    Just a couple more replies:
    To Preston:
    Yes, of course, printing with compatible or remanufactured cartridges is certainly a way to save money over the use of OEM cartridges. Some people even elect to refill their own cartridges with ink and toner, thus saving even more. It is up to individuals to determine if this is something they would like to try.
    To Yordan:
    Our original testing was done in early 2009, and this blog entry was posted on April 13, 2009. At that point in time, the only Ecofont was the “original” one, which is explained in the last paragraph of the link you provided. Since that time, the Ecofont people “…decided to develop Ecofont into software that shoots holes in EVERY font.” The entry you reference was posted by the Ecofont people recently, after the story about the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay broke, so I don’t think it’s a matter of “checking sources” better, but rather taking into account the timeline of what has happened. The new Ecofont software will be availble in June, and we are contemplating how it could be included in our “Phase 2″ testing that we are considering.
    
47. yolanda
    May 6th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
    How do you change the font on the printer. I got a new computer, but I need help.
    
48. Dee Roberts
    May 6th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
    It’s a “Kodak Moment”, to steal the tag line from an old TV ad. Not only are their printers competitive price wise, their ink is excellent and their replacement ink cartridge prices are significantly lower than anyone else and they aren’t much more than refill prices at your local drugstore to boot.
    
49. KB
    May 6th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    Interesting study, lots of great comments, can’t wait for the new study! As for Ecofont…anyone have any idea how shooting holes in fonts will affect documents that have to be machine read or 2d barcodes?
    
50. Chris
    May 6th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
    Please be sure to look at the cost of ink on the extra pages that will print for some fonts in Phase 2 of your testing.
    I’m not sure it was clearly stated in the comments above. Let’s take the example of 140 pages of Arial being 150 pages in Century Gothic. If I read it right, 140 pages of Century Gothic at 3.45% coverage is cheaper than 140 pages of Arial at 5%. But I had to print an extra 10 pages. That is 10/140 more pages/ink. The percentage to use for cost savings, if I’m doing this right, is 3.45 + 3.45 * 10 / 140, or 3.45 + .25 or 3.7%. That makes it more like $49.68 for the year.
    Thus I don’t think you can ignore this in order to get accurate meaningful results.
    thanks,
    chris
    
51. tom
    May 19th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
    I don’t think people or businesses have the mind set to start changing fonts around.
    the simplest solution is to use toner / ink saving software like Inksaver.com or PretonSaver.
    it will save up to 70% of your toner and ink usage, i use Pretonsaver.
    I don’t know about ink saver, but pretonsaver has a free trial.
    
52. Sean In Carlsbad
    May 20th, 2010 at 2:23 am
    Has anyone bothered to do a test with ALL fonts in a uniform point size?
    I would, specifically, like to know how Arial 10 is vs. Century Gothic 10… Not 11 vs 10 like in the chart.
    
53. Richmonde
    June 16th, 2010 at 9:02 am
    Does it save on disk space too?
    
54. Toner
    June 22nd, 2010 at 5:14 am
    Century Gothic is a nice font–clean and easy to read. If it is going to help save on printing, then I am going to go for this tip. Thanks for sharing!
    
55. century gothic ecofont
    March 2nd, 2011 at 2:18 pm
    The free Ecofont vera sans has evolved into software that shoots holes in your fonts.
    It works with your current fonts, so no need to change your docs or house style. You can also print Century Gothic in Ecofont style for the ultimate saving.
    It doesn’t matter if you have a HP, Ricoh, Xerox, Canon, Lexmark, Oki, Lexmark, Samsung, Sharp or any other printer/copier. You can save more than 25% toner on all devices.
    
56. Photography Tricks
    August 5th, 2011 at 9:13 am
    Have you considered printing with a lowered alpha value? That is, slightly transparent rather then 100% black?
    
57. koolaidguzzler
    November 13th, 2011 at 2:13 am
    Century Gothic hurts my head. It’s spaced too widely apart. Courier New is even worse to read IMO. I do a lot of proofreading / editing. My eyes prefer a denser font. I have preferred Calibri, and like Helvetica too, but now will check out the eco-font thing. I just discovered affordable home-use b/w laser printers, and will start relying on it. My inkjet multi-machine tanks dry out and require replacement even if not used to print. 90 percent of my printing is text anyway.I intend to go to thinner paper as well. In the rare instances where I must submit in a specific font, I will write / proofread in my chosen font, then convert to the required font prior to submission / printing.
    
58. Terry
    February 19th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
    I’ve been using inksquirrel from http://www.inksquirrelfonts.com for a while now. It looks like Arial, but save about 30% of the ink or toner and doesn’t use as much paper as Century Gothic. [ no record survives of this site or anything called inksquirrelfonts on archive.org - January 2015 ]
    
59. John
    April 26th, 2012 at 11:11 am
    You can also turn the printer to draft this uses a lot less ink, and the cartridges last almost twice as long. The print quality is not as good but it’s fine for internal work.
    
60. Free Photo Prints Dude
    May 24th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
    Fantastic advice Bob. I hate arial, it’s so boring. Century Gothic is a favourite of mine but only really for headings. My favourite for nomal text is calibri so it’s great to know how much money I’m saving.
    
61. Eric Beeler
    June 29th, 2012 at 4:11 am
    I have done some updated research and identified Garamond as a superior font.
    To learn more, check out my post.
    http://ebeeler.blogspot.com/2012/06/comparing-apples-oranges-and-fonts-how.html
    
62. Eric
    June 29th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
    Garmond12pt can reduce consumption 27% compared to Calibri 11pt.
    http://ebeeler.blogspot.com/2012/06/comparing-apples-oranges-and-fonts-how.html
    
63. Franck Einstein
    August 8th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
    Century Gothic is the clear winner of your test its little brother Century Schoolbook is reputed to be still more efficient. Nevertheless, if I look at the result given by the calulator of What-the-Font, Arial is more efficient than Century Gothic and a little bit less efficient than Century Schoolbook. This is contrasting with the results of your test (The curious thing is that for the other fonts mentionned by Printer.com the results are more or less consistent with the ones of the calculator). Is there a logical explanation to these really different results? Thank you in advance for your explanations
    
64. Rhonda
    September 18th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
    We use Xerox WorkCentre (model 5638, 4150, 5655, 7345) PCL 6 printers in our offices and I would like to know how font style and size VS paper compares on these printers.
    It there a way to know the results or has there been a study done on this?
    Thanks
    

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