| Bitstream Releases Font Fusion
2.4, the Leading Font Rendering Solution for Digital Television Update enhances support for OpenType and Type 1 fonts CAMBRIDGE, MA — April 08, 2003 — Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today the release of Font Fusion 2.4 , the company's smallest, most advanced font rasterizing engine, and the fastest font engine on the market today. "We are very pleased to announce the completion of Font Fusion 2.4. This release enhances our support for OpenType, the font format of the future," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "In addition, Font Fusion solves problems for companies developing products for digital TV markets. TVs present unique display challenges, which we have helped resolve with our TV modes. With this release of Font Fusion, we have solidified our position as the leading font rendering technology for digital TVs, set-top boxes, and embedded systems." The following features were added for the Font Fusion 2.4 release:
About Font Fusion Available as an SDK (Software Developers' Kit), Font Fusion is able to rasterize a wide variety of different font formats: OpenType, TrueType, Type 1, CFF/Type2, T2K Latin, T2K Asian, TrueDoc PFR (portable font resource), Bitstream Speedo, and Font Fusion stroke (FFS) format, as well as embedded bitmaps. Developers can also license a number of different suites of fonts, including delta-hinted screen fonts and the TV Font Pack. Font Fusion is small and fast. Most developers can compile the source code in 32-105 KB, depending on options. It generates more than 16,000 characters per second, using the Arial font at 25 lines per em on a 233MHz Pentium II processor, cache turned off. Font Fusion performs well in memory- and performance-constrained environments. For example, a complete traditional Chinese TrueType font with over 13,000 characters can occupy as much as 8 MB. With Font Fusion, the same characters occupy less than 0.5 MB, representing considerable savings in memory and disk space costs. Font Fusion is designed for operating systems, software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other embedded systems and information and wireless appliances. Bitstream Inc. 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, Speedo, and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and the Bitstream logo, Font Fusion, MyFonts.com, and ThunderHawk are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. T2K is a registered trademark of Type Solutions, Inc., a Bitstream company. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact Bob Thomas |