A teenager has published a study suggesting the US government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner typeface that uses less ink.

Suvir Mirchandani, 14, of O'Hara township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, said there was plenty of talk at school about saving paper and he wondered about saving ink. The Government Printing Office says it will review the printing suggestion.

His research began as a school project but was published in the Journal of Emerging Investigators, created for promising middle and high school students. He suggests printing in the 12-point Garamond font.

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