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Bitstream PFRs: The Standard Font Format for Digital TV
The Bitstream patented portable font resource (PFR) was developed to create portable fonts for the Internet. The PFR is a compact, resolution and platform independent format, representing scalable outline fonts.

Independent organizations responsible for setting digital TV standards have adopted the PFR as the chosen font format for digital television, including:

ATSC Logo ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee), which approved the DTV Application Software Environment, or DASE, standard. The DASE standard calls out the ISO standard for fonts
DAVIC Logo DAVIC (Digital Audio Visual Council) sets multimedia standards for international broadcasting
DVB Logo DVB ( Digital Video Broadcasting), a Swiss-based industry organization representing one standard for digital TV, which has been adopted extensively in Europe
DTG Logo DTG (Digital TV Group) coordinates standards for Digital TV broadcasting in the United Kingdom
MHP Logo MHP (Multimedia Home Platform), which many European set-top box and digital TV manufacturers are using as their standard development platform
ISO Logo ISO/IEC 16500-6:1999 International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission), which together form the specialized system for worldwide standardization.
OCAP Logo OCAP (OpenCable Application Platform), which supports the DVB-MHP standard, including support for PFRs. The OpenCable initiative is managed by the Advanced Platforms and Services group at CableLabs.

Many of our OEM partners are using Font Fusion and our PFR technology to build cable, satellite, and set-top box systems for digital television.

 


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