The BTN fonts work well in software applications (particularly game software and graphics/presentation applications), Web applications, and printers - anywhere customers use templates to tailor the look and feel of posters, greeting cards, scrapbooks, CD labels, T-shirts, coffee mugs, digital videos, and photos.

The fonts are available in OpenType, TrueType, and PostScript Type 1 formats for both Window and the Macintosh.

"Today's developers are looking for innovation in animation and graphics. They want new seldom-seen designs for their applications. The right typeface can make all the difference," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development at Bitstream. "Our new BTN library of 500 exclusive Developer Fonts is the latest creation from two highly original typeface designers, Brian Bonislawsky and Stuart Sandler. The BTN library includes handwriting, gaming, display, and symbol fonts, and extended families of headline and text faces. These new typefaces provide an eclectic mix of fun, edgy, and funky designs, 'breaking the norm' from ordinary fonts."

For more information, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222 , E-mail us at oemsales@bitstream.com , or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com.

About

The Designers
Brian J. Bonislawsky is a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. Before graduating with a BFA & Certificate in Illustration, he had studied hand cut lettering, dimensional letter construction, and working with both hot type and type on the computer. In the years since his graduation, Bonislawsky has established the Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute (www.astigmatic.com), an online typeface and graphic design business. Brian has also contributed numerous designs to Bitstream's New Font Collection (NFC) program, including the EuroMachina family, Big Limbo, Cavalero, Islander, Stingwire, and Tannarin.

Stuart Sandler has solidly established a reputation as a premier designer of retro display typography inspired by 1950s popular culture. Since the launch of Sandler's foundry the Font Diner (www.fontdiner.com) in 1996, the Font Diner has become one of the fastest growing independent foundries in the country.

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 has released ThunderHawk , a full-featured browser for the wireless Web.

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.

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.

Anna Chagnon
President
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