Linspire, Inc. To Offer "Breaking the Norm" Font Packs From Bitstream

Linspire, Inc. To Offer "Breaking the Norm" Font Packs From Bitstream
High-quality fonts are easily downloaded from Linspire's CNR Warehouse

CAMBRIDGE, MA — August 17, 2004 — Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today that Linspire, Inc. will offer 15 Breaking the Norm (BTN) Font Packs in its CNR Warehouse. The CNR Warehouse allows Linspire computer users, with just one click, to easily download and install high-quality BTN Font Packs and thousands of other open source and commercial software products. To access the CNR Warehouse, please visit www.linspire.com/warehouse.

"What we like about Linspire is how easy it is to purchase, download, and install software. One issue customers have with fonts is installing them. With Linspire's exclusive CNR technology, installing fonts will be a breeze," said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. "Having a wide variety of high-quality fonts is no longer a Linux limitation. We're happy to bring new, exciting, and fun fonts to Linspire users."

"Bitstream's BTN Font Packs are a prime example of the high-quality software products we offer in our CNR Warehouse," said Michael Robertson, Chief Executive Officer of Linspire, Inc. "This new offering will work well in conjunction with our Linspire Office Suite of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software."

Bitstream's BTN Font Packs are exclusive, fun, and edgy designs from its Breaking the Norm typeface library. The fonts work well in software applications (particularly graphics and presentation applications), web applications, and printers — anywhere that customers use templates to create posters, greeting cards, scrapbooks, CD labels, T-shirts, coffee mugs, digital videos and photos, etc.

The font packs include:

Dear Diary
Ghoul Crazy
Howdy Pardner
Kid Stuff
Memo Me
News To You
The Rat Pack
Slumber Party
Stick It To ‘Em
Crash This Party!
Flicks ‘n' Pix
Scrap Happy
What's To Eat
Bali Beat
In and Out

About

Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that focuses on the presentation of data. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. You can visit Bitstream on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com.

Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. Linspire is a trademark of Lindows, Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Contact

Anna Chagnon
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Bitstream Inc.
617.520.8619