Bitstream's T2K Font Engine Licensed for TiVo Service; TiVo Joins the List of Set-Top Box and Interactive TV Developers Licensing Bitstream Font Technology.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BITS) announced today that TiVo has signed a long-term agreement to license Bitstream's T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) (R) font engine for general purpose use with the TiVo(R) service. TiVo, the creator of and leader in personal television services, is a revolutionary new service that puts customers in control of their television-viewing experience. TiVo changes the way viewers experience television entertainment, giving control over what viewers want to watch, when they want to watch it. T2K is a high-performance font engine that is well suited for set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. applications and the interactive TV markets. It provides high-quality rendering in any format, and is suitable for virtually any device, from the smallest embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. to the largest multi-threaded systems. T2K offers superior quality and speed, small code size and font compression, as well as support for industry-standard font formats. In addition, T2K is easily scalable to Font Fusion Bitstream Font Fusion is a small, fast, object-oriented font engine written in ANSI C capable of rendering high-quality text on any platform, any device, and at any resolution. The entire source code is portable, optimized, and executes independent of operating system and processor. , Bitstream's next generation font rendering engine. "We are very excited that TiVo has implemented T2K," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "As the market for digital set-top boxes and interactive TV services continues to grow, text legibility leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. is a `must have.' Bitstream's premier font rendering technologies like T2K and Font Fusion will play a key role in the rapid acceptance of platforms like TiVo, assuring the level of readability that customers demand. Customers expect quality, and Bitstream delivers." About Bitstream, the Internet Font Technology Company Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs for a wide variety of markets. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R), WebFont(TM), and Font Fusion(TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of Internet appliances, wireless devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, printers, and personal digital assistants. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion and WebFont are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. T2K is a registered trademark of Type Solutions, Inc., a Bitstream company. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact: Bob Thomas For the Irish footballer, see . Bob Thomas (born March 1, 1965 in Appalachia, Virginia) is a radio personality, actor, and writer. He was one of the top radio announcers in Knoxville, Tennessee for 25 years. Director of Product Management Bitstream Inc. (617) 520-8376 bthomas@bitstream.com |
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