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It isn’t true, anyway. "n-point” type means that the height of the type is n points from the bottom of one line to the bottom of the next; it’s not the actual size of the letters. 12-point Garamond uses less ink than 12-point Times New Roman only because it makes the letters smaller while putting more vertical space between the lines to keep the 12 points equal.
In general, Times New Roman is the tightest normal font. That shouldn’t be surprising; it was especially designed to save money on newspapers.
Oh, and newspapers aren’t printed on inkjet printers. Paper is the thing that costs; the ink is trivial.
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
How much does gocomics save?
KEA almost 11 years ago
more closely, actually
Sherlock Watson almost 11 years ago
Does this mean that Pab is discontinuing his annual tradition of showing us a different comic on April 1st?
jjff almost 11 years ago
Being that most newspaper readers are of the older generation, its not a good idea to make the type harder to read.
pcolli almost 11 years ago
I can’t stand fonts with serifs.
Logicman almost 11 years ago
I prefer serif fonts but lighter generally means less legible. I like the comment about simple — wrong — solutions.
Chris Sherlock almost 11 years ago
When the solutions are simple, they’re usually wrong.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 11 years ago
It isn’t true, anyway. "n-point” type means that the height of the type is n points from the bottom of one line to the bottom of the next; it’s not the actual size of the letters. 12-point Garamond uses less ink than 12-point Times New Roman only because it makes the letters smaller while putting more vertical space between the lines to keep the 12 points equal.
In general, Times New Roman is the tightest normal font. That shouldn’t be surprising; it was especially designed to save money on newspapers.
Oh, and newspapers aren’t printed on inkjet printers. Paper is the thing that costs; the ink is trivial.