Be Inc. licenses font technology from Bitstream Inc.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1997-- Be, Inc. to Integrate Bitstream's TrueType and Type 1 Font Processors and Fonts into the BeOS Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq: BITS) today announced that Be, Inc. of Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , has licensed Bitstream's advanced TrueType(R) and PostScript(TM) Type 1 font The most widely used type of PostScript font. In Windows, each font is composed of a .PFB and .PFM file, which are stored in the \PSFONTS and \PSFONTS\PFM folders. Sometimes, \PSFONTS is in the \WINDOWS folder (\WINDOWS\PSFONTS). processors as well as a core set of fonts for incorporation into the Be(R) Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (BeOS). The BeOS(TM) is Be's new multiprocessor-based, multithreaded multithreaded - multithreading , object-oriented operating system An operating system that is based on objects. See object-oriented programming. designed to deliver high-performance for media and content creation applications. Nearly 5,000 developers are now working with the BeOS in areas such as digital audio, digital video, Internet design, servers and 3-D image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished . Bitstream's font processors will provide BeOS developers with a complete typographic technology solution and provide BeOS users worldwide with the ability to display industry-standard TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts. "We investigated a number of options for type and font technologies for the BeOS, and Bitstream was clearly the best solution," said Mark Gonzales Mark Gonzales (born June 1 1969), also known as "The Gonz", is a professional skateboarder and artist. He is known in the skateboarding world as the pioneer of street skateboarding, currently skateboarding's most popular form. , Be's vice president of product marketing. "With this technology we'll be able to offer BeOS developers and users high quality type imaging, in addition to Unicode and antialiasing See anti-aliasing. support, while retaining high performance." The initial implementation of Bitstream's technology was released to developers earlier this month in the BeOS DR8.3 update. The technology will be fully integrated in the next release, the BeOS Preview Release, slated to ship to developers and customers in May. "Bitstream is honored to be the font technology solution of choice for the innovative BeOS," said Ray Boelig, president and chairman of the board of Bitstream Inc. "We have been extremely impressed with Be's operating system since it was first introduced and are pleased to see that many others agree -- as evidenced by the technology's growing popularity and adoption within the industry." About Bitstream's Type Technologies Bitstream is a pre-eminent independent supplier of type products and enabling technologies developed to solve the text and typographic problems faced in the printing, publishing and graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. industries. Bitstream's retail and 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 type products are derived from its world-class Typeface Library of nearly 1,400 Latin and non-Latin typefaces. Bitstream also offers custom type services to OEMs, ISVs, and corporations as well as a number of award-winning font utilities and font collections to end users. Bitstream's enabling technologies consist of font processors, a necessary component in operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and laser printers that interpret type information stored within a document and generate the indicated characters in the required size and resolution as determined by the application, the output device or user-defined specification. About Be, Inc. Be, Inc. was founded by Jean-Louis Gasse in 1990 to overcome the limitations of existing computer architectures. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe, the company has positioned itself to become a key player in fast-growing application markets. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. More information on Be, Inc. and its products may be obtained from the company's home page at http://www.be.com . About Bitstream Inc. Bitstream develops and markets software products and technologies to enhance the creation, transport, viewing and printing of electronic documents. Bitstream licenses type libraries and font technology to hundreds of hardware and software developers worldwide. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. USA, Bitstream is traded on the National Market System under the Nasdaq symbol BITS, and licenses its products and technologies directly and through subsidiaries, business agents and distributors in the US, Europe and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . For more information, please contact Bitstream at 617-497-6222 (North and South America), +31 20 5200 300 (Europe) and +44 1734 254 229 (United Kingdom) or visit the company's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.bitstream.com . Be is a registered trademark, and BeOS, the Be logo and the BeOS logo are trademarks of Be, Inc. Bitstream is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: In North America & Pacific Rim: Bitstream Inc. Be Inc. Colleen Cronin Mark Gonzales (617) 520-8329 (415) 462-3117 ccronin@bitstream.com markg@be.com In Europe: Bitstream b.v. Be Inc. Leon Harrewyn Jean Calmon +31 20 5200 300 +33 1 49 06 73 75 lharrewyn@bitstream.com jcalmon@beeurope.com |
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