| Bitstream Licenses Font Fusion
to PubliTronic Worldwide provider of multimedia broadcasting solutions licenses Bitstream's premier font rendering engine Apeldoorn, THE NETHERLANDS and CAMBRIDGE, MA — September 10, 2003 — Bitstream Inc. ( NASDAQ:BITS ) and PubliTronic bv announced today that PubliTronic has signed an agreement with Bitstream to license Font Fusion , Bitstream's premier font rendering engine. PubliTronic will use Bitstream technology in its high-end professional broadcast server and graphics systems. PubliTronic specializes in the development of systems for automated multimedia broadcasts. More and more overlaps between broadcast, cable, satellite, and Internet industries exist, and PubliTronic makes it possible to use the same technology among them. PubliTronic will use Bitstream's font rendering solution to generate characters on the fly for PubliTronic's electronic program guides (EPGs); to render real-time text on business, sports, and news channels; and to produce titles and related recording information for interactive music channels, to name a few examples. "For our newly released Indigo platform we did an intensive assessment to find the highest-quality font rendering engine on the market. After our initial assessment, Font Fusion and FreeType were the main candidates. We implemented both on our real-time DSP hardware and were positively surprised by the ease of porting and the quality and speed of the Font Fusion renderer. Of course FreeType is free, but the amount of development needed to get it to the same quality level (including visual quality) made it less interesting, and in the long term a less viable solution. The broadcast market has always required the highest standard in quality and reliability. The fast, well-written and systematic Font Fusion engine gives us a future roadmap for the Indigo platform." "PubliTronic joins the many worldwide leaders in the broadcast market who have licensed a font rendering solution from Bitstream," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "For live feeds and interactive broadcasts, it's imperative that clear, legible text is generated quickly so customers can receive up-to-date information. Our partners confirm that Font Fusion delivers the highest-quality text at any resolution and on any device. We are honored that PubliTronic has selected Font Fusion for its entire product line." About Font Fusion 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, PDAs, and other embedded systems and information and wireless appliances. Bitstream Inc. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first independent 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. Also in 1999, Bitstream established Pageflex ( www.pageflexinc.com), the pioneer of a new direction in composition software: Web-top publishing. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. About PubliTronic Bitstream, Font Fusion, and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and the Bitstream logo and ThunderHawk are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts.com is a trademark of MyFonts.com, Inc. Pageflex is a trademark of Pageflex Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact Anna Chagnon Harold Vermeulen |