Agfa Monotype Announces Universal Font Scaling Technology version 4.2.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging, Inc today announced the availability of UFST UFST Universal Font Scaling Technology (r) (Universal Font Scaling Technology(r)) version 4.2, the latest release of the most widely integrated font scaling technology used by OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and printer manufacturers. Over 90 percent of laser printers that ship worldwide utilize font technology from Agfa Monotype monotype, type set by the Monotype machine. See printing. monotype or monoprint In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. . UFST leads the way as the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. . "UFST 4.2 reflects our commitment to continually refine products for our customers based on their needs and requests," said Al Ristow, vice president of engineering for Agfa Monotype. "More of our OEMs are developing products for Asian markets. We've added new features and performance enhancements to UFST to better serve these markets." The new version features the ability to process embedded bitmaps in TrueType(r) fonts -- particularly useful for Asian solutions because Asian fonts typically contain embedded bitmaps for use at low resolutions. In addition, UFST 4.2 allows engineers to access TrueType fonts by raw glyph-index and user-specifiable "cmap" tables. A query function has also been added to enumerate To count or list one by one. For example, an enumerated data type defines a list of all possible values for a variable, and no other value can then be placed into it. See device enumeration and ENUM. TrueType "cmap" tables. Additionally, the latest release includes a new version of Agfa Monotype's Asian Compression for TrueType (ACT(tm)) font format, featuring improved performance in the decompression of font data and a reduction in RAM requirements. Performance improvements have also been made to fixed-point arithmetic This article is about a form of limited-precision arithmetic in computing. For the fixed points of a mathematical function, see fixed point (mathematics). In computing, a fixed-point number when using 64-bit emulation systems. About UFST Agfa Monotype's UFST is a compact, high-performance font scaling technology used in embedded environments. UFST offers OEMs a lower ROM cost than alternative font scaling systems, and it's the only solution that utilizes industry-standard trademarked font names and font metrics -- preserving the authenticity of the original font data. UFST works with all industry-standard font rasterizers such as TrueType and PostScript(r), and it supports Agfa Monotype's MicroType(tm) and ACT font compression technologies. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Corporation is a major provider of digital content for graphics professionals. The company is a recognized leader in fonts and font technologies and an innovator in color and screening technologies. Agfa Monotype is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Agfa Corporation and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , NJ, is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical imaging, non-destructive testing and consumer imaging and photography markets. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are approximately $4.7 billion. Additional information about Agfa Monotype Corporation can be found on the company's web site at www.agfamonotype.com. Agfa Monotype locations Corporate office: Agfa Monotype Corporation 200 Ballardvale Street Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 USA Phone 978.658.5600 Fax 978.657.8268 Agfa Monotype Ltd. Unit 2, Perrywood Business Park Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DZ UK Phone +44 (0) 1737 765959 Fax +44 (0) 1737 769243 Agfa Monotype Corporation 985 Busse Road Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village, village (1990 pop. 33,429), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1956. With a population of c.100 at the time of its establishment on open farmland, the village has grown dramatically and steadily, largely because of its , IL 60007 USA Phone 847.718.0400 Fax 847.718.0500 Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. 8-1, Higashiyama 3-chome Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 Japan Phone 81-3-5704-3141 Fax 81-3-5704-3089 |
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