While skimming a National Geographic in the doctor’s office waiting room last week, I came across an article about a new font that promises to save the environment and save businesses money.

I couldn’t skip over the short article; I needed to find out how just poking holes in Arial could have such an effect on the bottom line.

The font looks like any other, with one exception — Ecofont, as it’s called, is pocked with little holes. The idea is that by poking holes in the characters, you save more than 25 percent of ink/toner over the regular Arial typeface. According to Ecofont’s creators, legibility is not at all affected. Read more…

Jenny Sweeney econolypse Ecofont, National Geographic, Norway, USA Today

This year promises myriad challenges for CFOs across the globe. Chief among them, according to a December 2008 USA Today study, are increasing productivity and profitability.

The study asked 1,400 CFOs which issues would Read more…

Jenny Sweeney Outsourcing, ROI best-of-breed, CFO, CIO, USA Today