Teen discovers that simply changing fonts can save tons of money on printer ink

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.fc1JWAdB9ZZnbQvM01.SA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/samsung-printers.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/teen-discovers-simply-changing-fonts-save-tons-money-030049668.html)Studying ways to reduce paper and ink use for his school, a 14-year old teenager figured out that by switching from Times New Roman and other fonts to Garamond, organizations and businesses could save a ton of money on printer ink each year, CNN reports. After collecting random handout samples from teachers and counting how often the most common characters were used in different typefaces, 14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani measured how much ink is used for each letter. “Next he enlarged the letters, printed them and cut them out on cardstock paper to weigh them to verify his findings. He did three trials for each letter, graphing the ink usage for each font,” the publication writes. Following his research, he concluded



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