Agfa Monotype Announces Wind River Certification for iType; Companies Partner to Deliver Embedded Font Technologies within WindML.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002 iType(TM), 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. Corporation's scalable font A font that is created in the required point size when needed for display or printing. The dot patterns (bitmaps) are generated from a set of outline fonts, or base fonts, which contain a mathematical representation of the typeface. rendering subsystem for digital communication devices, has been certified by Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND) for operating in WindML(TM) (Wind River Multimedia Library). The validation confirms iType's compatibility with the library that provides foundation graphics, video and audio for various architectures used in embedded environments. "iType has achieved a major milestone by meeting the requirements for certification," said Steve Kuhlman, vice president of Display Imaging at Agfa Monotype. "Wind River is the leader in the embedded marketplace. As a certified WindLink partner - which is also a seal for having a proven product that's already primed for integration - we're able to reach Wind River customers with our high-quality, high-performance font rendering solution." "Developers are increasingly pressed to quickly deliver applications with more functions and features along with clever, easy-to-use interfaces," said Caroline Yao, director of Partner Solutions at Wind River. "WindML provides a valuable alternative to time-consuming in-house multimedia application development. iType offers what's needed for fonts - a rasterizer that's small and fast, and fonts that are readable and attractive. Wind River partnerships enable customers to get to market quickly and efficiently, and iType will provide a considerable time-to-market advantage for our joint customers." The certification applies to iType operating in WindML 2.0 on either Intel or MIPs-based platforms running Wind River's VxWorks(R) real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. . iType is configurable directly through Wind River's Tornado(R) integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment for real-time and embedded applications. WindML users will be able to access a demonstration program with typeface choices and examples from Agfa Monotype. Agfa Monotype's iType iType is a font scaling technology allowing for the rapid generation of characters at virtually any point size. By integrating iType within memory-constrained environments such as set-top boxes, Internet appliances and smart phones, OEMs are able to build products that can display high-quality text. Manufacturers and developers worldwide have licensed iType, collectively representing millions of digital communication devices that operate with the technology. iType has two main components: a high-speed TrueType(R) font rasterizer See font scaler. and a suite of fonts. OEMs can select from four prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. font sets that are shown in the WindML font demo program: a Microsoft(R) Windows(R)-compatible core set that provides metrically met·ri·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line. 2. Of or relating to measurement. equivalent designs; a collection of display fonts engineered for optimal readability on television screens; a TV font pack that meets FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. requirements for closed captioning on analog and digital TVs; and a stroke-based package, a set of composite East Asian fonts that allows OEMs to achieve storage savings of 90 percent or more. OEMs can also work with Agfa Monotype to implement custom typefaces or other TrueType fonts. About the Wind River WindLink Partner Program The WindLink Partner Program is focused on helping hardware and software developers, system integrators and consultants create and sell products and services that complement or are integrated with Wind River products. Wind River continually seeks out partners in strategic market segments such as Internet infrastructure, telecommunications, Internet appliances, consumer electronics and semiconductors. WindLink partners work hand-in-hand with Wind River to provide total solutions to joint customers. About Wind River Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(TM). Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with operations worldwide. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., Agfa Monotype Corporation specializes in fonts and font technologies for graphic professionals, developers and original equipment manufacturers. The company is also an innovator in color and screening technologies for 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 partners. 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 based in Ridgefield Park, N.J. and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems primarily for the graphic imaging, healthcare, non-destructive testing, micrographic mi·cro·graph n. 1. A drawing or photographic reproduction of an object as viewed through a microscope. 2. An instrument used to make tiny writing or engraving. , and consumer desktop and photography markets. Headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium, Agfa has 40 national sales organizations globally, with worldwide sales of 4.9 billion euros in 2001. Additional information about Agfa Monotype and its products can be found on the company's Web sites at www.agfamonotype.com and www.fonts.com. |
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