COMPARISON OF THE PRINTING AREAS FOR COMMONLY USED FONT TYPES: EXAMPLE OF GREEN INFORMATION

Abstract

Some of the fonts used in the computer systems are designed to facilitate readabilityon the computer screen while others are designed to use both readability and printspace economically. However, computer users do not have any idea which of themost commonly used fonts are more economical. In the present study, the printingarea of the 10 commonly used fonts were examined with image processing methodsand compared among each other. It is seen that the font which uses the least printarea among Century Schoolbook, Courier New, Georgia, Times New Roman, Arial,Comic Sans MS, Tahoma, Verdana, Cambria, Calibri fonts is Courier New whereasthe type that uses the least print area is Times New Roman. It was found that ComicSans MS and Verdana used almost twice as much printing area as the font CourierNew font. With this study, it is thought that computer users will be more careful andmore conscious about the font they use for printing.