{"id":3920,"date":"2008-12-12T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2008-12-12T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T16:31:23","slug":"new-free-font-ecofont-reduces-ink-in-printing-by-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/new-free-font-ecofont-reduces-ink-in-printing-by-20\/","title":{"rendered":"New Free Font &#8220;Ecofont&#8221; Reduces Ink in Printing by 20%"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/ecofont_tekstvoorbeeld_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/ecofont_tekstvoorbeeld.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3922\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/ecofont_tekstvoorbeeld.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spranq.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">SPRANQ\u00a0creative communications<\/a> has developed a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecofont.eu\/ecofont_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">font<\/a> that is good for the environment, designed to reduce the amount of printer ink used by up to 20%.<\/h3>\n<p>How did SPRANQ accomplish this? 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