… Well, sort of.  At least it can be printed on trees, err, paper that is.  In an interesting twist in the ongoing chase to become “green” the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has discovered that if they have all students, instructors and staff print e-mails using the Century Gothic font they will save money.

It turns out that the Century Gothic font is a thin font, with narrow lines being printed.  In comparison to many of the alternatives, a savings of 30 percent of ink can be expected.

You might expect this to be trivial, but in a world where the desire and need to be “green” becomes married to the need to be fiscally responsible, this makes sense.  The school, which has about 6,500 students and routinely spends $100,000 per year on ink and toner, expects to see savings between $5,000 and $10,000 annually.  I don’t know about you, but that is a pretty good chunk of change to warrant the environmentally friendly decision.

What do you think about this?  Do you know of any other companies or organizations that have or are planning to embrace similar cost saving and “green” strategies?  Even though you won’t see such magical savings on your home printer ink consumption, do you plan to consider a switch in your default font?

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