This compilation also features an autographed copy of the Iowan Old Style typeface specimen book, published in 2001. A limited number of copies are available.

All the fonts will be available in PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats for both Windows and the Macintosh.

Iowan Old Style: The Complete Family is available as a download-only product from Bitstream.

• on the Web: http://store.bitstream.com
• by phone: 800.522.3668 (U.S. only) or 617.497.6222
• by fax: 617.868.0784
• by E-mail: sales@bitstream.com

Bitstream Iowan Old Style, originally published in 1991, is John Downer's debut text family. Classified as a Venetian old style, Iowan Old Style is modeled after earlier, 20th century American revivals of Italian Renaissance types cut by Nicolas Jenson and Francesco Griffo, but features a larger x-height, tighter letterfit and reproportioned capitals. It was also inspired by classical inscriptional lettering as well as sign painting seen in certain regions of eastern Iowa, Downer's current stomping ground.

Expert font sets, including small caps, extensions and alternates, as well as old style figure fonts, were added in 2000.

The latest addition, Iowan Old Style Titling, was designed in 2001 by John Downer and added to the family in 2002. The cap-only character set, which includes additional ornaments and fleurons, broadens the appeal and functionality of the typeface family.

The Iowan Old Style family was designed for and is well suited for extended use in book text setting.

The following typefaces are featured on Iowan Old Style: The Complete Family.

• Iowan Old Style Titling
• Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, h3, and h3 Italic
• Iowan Old Style Black and Black Italic
• Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, h3, and h3 Italic Old Style Figures
• Iowan Old Style Black and Black Italic Old Style Figures
• Iowan Old Style Small Cap, h3 Small Cap and Black Small Cap
• Iowan Old Style Extension, Italic Extension, h3 Extension, and h3 Italic Extension, Black Extension, and Black Italic Extension
• Iowan Old Style Italic Alternate, h3 Italic Alternate, and Black Italic Alternate

"Together with NFC: Volume 1, this new product solidifies our commitment to bring our customers contemporary typefaces from designers worldwide," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development at Bitstream and designer of a variety of fonts, including the Prima font family . "We are especially pleased to put together a complete font family of extraordinary quality. A hardy contemporary text typeface with true drawn italics, John Downer's Iowan Old Style family is one that many book publishers will want to use."

About the Designer

John Downer began training as a sign painter while he was in high school. He finished his apprenticeship after college, and then started graduate studies in art at The University of Iowa, where he received MA and MFA degrees in painting. He currently resides in Iowa City, and lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe. His essays on type history and hand lettering have appeared in Emigre magazine and House magazine.

About

Bitstream Inc.
Bitstream Inc. ( Nasdaq:BITS ) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc and < Font Fusion technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream is currently developing ThunderHawk , a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web.

Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com, Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion, Iowan Old Style, and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.