Bitstream Panorama supports:

• Contextual substitution for scripting languages such as Arabic and Indic
• Glyph substitution such as ligatures, swashes, old style figures, small caps, superiors, alternates, etc.
• Left-right and right-left directional writing
• Kerning information in OpenType fonts
• Key OpenType tables such as GDEF, GPOS, and GSUB

Bitstream Panorama is object-oriented code written in C and a subset of C++ suitable for small embedded systems and devices. The product can be ported to any platform. The Bitstream Panorama code size is 10-16 KB, depending on the features enabled.

"Developers need to move quickly from idea to implementation. Because it offers high-level code that's easy to integrate, Bitstream Panorama shortens development cycles and accelerates time to market," said Anna Chagnon, President and CEO of Bitstream. "Today, most companies are thinking globally. Products need to support languages in each country they're deployed in, or at least have the ability to be easily upgraded in the future. Bitstream Panorama delivers a scalable solution, providing support for most of the world's languages, including scripting languages. Together with Font Fusion, Bitstream Panorama offers a complete text composition and font rendering engine for the consumer electronics market. This is a great product for developers who need a global font solution they can implement quickly and upgrade at any time."

About Bitstream Panorama
Bitstream Panorama is a global text composition engine. Together with Font Fusion, it offers a complete line layout and font rendering solution for developers building cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, graphics applications, and embedded systems.

• Can turn any feature on or off, apply them individually, and get the combined output
• Supports important OpenType tables necessary for line layout: GDEF, GPOS, and GSUB
• Supports kerning information in OpenType fonts
• Supports contextual substitution for scripting languages
• Supports glyph substitution (GSUB), including settings for script, language, and feature tags

Color Formats

• Supports industry-standard screen color formats including monochrome, RGB, and BGR
• Supports 8 different pixel depths for R,G, and B color in RGB or BGR format

• Monochrome
• Grayscale
• LCD optimized

• Embossed
• Engraved
• Left Drop Shadow
• Right Drop Shadow
• Italics
• Bold
• Underline
• Strikethrough

• Supports left, right, centered, and justified alignment of text
• Can customize left and right indentation space

• Port to any platform
• Highly configurable, depending on trade-offs between code size and feature support
• Use any OpenType features you want, and turn off the features you don't want
• Choose glyphs to substitute on the fly
• Get glyph data in many ways, depending on your requirements for conserving speed and performance

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. Visit Bitstream on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com.

Bitstream and Font Fusion are registered trademarks and the Bitstream logo and Bitstream Panorama are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Anna Chagnon
CEO
Bitstream Inc.
617.520.8619