[OpenFontLibrary] Ecofont (font with 'holes' so it saves on ink)

Ben Weiner ben at readingtype.org.uk
Thu Dec 18 14:02:01 PST 2008


Hi all,

Ben Laenen wrote:
> On Thursday 18 December 2008, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
>   
>> The inventive
>> designing method of the Ecofont - ommitting spaces in each letter to
>> decrease the black surface of the letter and thus save ink by
>> printing 
<snipped>
> wow, so you wouldn't even be allowed to make a derivative and continue 
> the same style due to their "intellectual property"... although I 
> seriously doubt they can claim any ip there, or I'll hereby claim 
> intellectual property on using condensed styles to consume less space 
<snipped>

Dare I suggest that Ecofont is an example of the subtle Batavian sense
of humour? Not sure whether they've GPL'd that yet.

Tot ziens,
Ben



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