A 14-year-old from Pennsylvania, clearly aware of the economic situation in his state, devised a strange way to save money for his school, resulting in a truly remarkable result.
After research, Suvir Mirchandani, despite his young age, noticed that using the "Times New Roman" font was detrimental to his school, while on the contrary, "Garamond" could reduce annual ink costs by 25% (saving $21,000), as it is fainter and the letters are thinner.
Although most people printed on both sides of the paper to reduce waste, they were actually using more ink. In order to reduce consumption and costs, the 14-year-old calculated the ink costs for each letter, enlarged them, and then printed them in large pieces so he could compare the font of each font.
When he published his research in the Journal for Emerging Investigators (JEI), a Harvard journal, one of the researchers encouraged him to look at the “real world.” He recalculated the overall benefits of the change for the US government, resulting in a cost reduction of $136 million per year.
However, he told CNN that if other states adopted the new font, they could save another $237 million, for a total of $370 million.
The government, however, considers his effort noteworthy, for now it is limiting its expenses by using recycled paper.
