Bitstream Adds Font Fusion Licensee.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2003 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 Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. has licensed 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. (R), Bitstream's high-quality font rendering engine, for use in its Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) phone products. These include but are not limited to phones, soft phones, and videophones. "Cisco Systems joins the many industry leaders who have licensed a font rendering solution from Bitstream," said Anna Chagnon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bitstream. "In systems where memory and performance are at a premium, fast and high-quality text rendering is a must. Our partners confirm that Font Fusion delivers the highest-quality text at any resolution and on any device. We are honored that Cisco Systems has selected Font Fusion for its IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solutions." Cisco is also licensing a suite of international fonts from Bitstream, as well as Bitstream's stroke-based font technology. Bitstream's stroke-based fonts are extremely compact, high-quality Asian fonts for 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. . These fonts enable developers to keep storage and memory requirements to a minimum. For example, a Traditional Chinese font in this format includes over 13,000 characters in less than 500 KB. Developers do not have to dedicate a large amount of ROM space to store a stroke-based font, nor do they have to use a lot of memory to display it. Cisco will also license Bitstream's unified stroke-based font, which includes all the characters in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK (character) CJK - In internationalisation, a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The characters of these languages are all partly based on Han characters (i.e., "hanzi" or "kanji"), which require 16-bit character encodings. ) languages. Developers can tailor the unified, stroke-based font for applications and environments. In a standard Unicode CJK font, there are frequently Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters in the same Unicode position, and these characters may have subtle or pronounced design differences. For these situations, developers using this font can choose which language to use as the default for characters at each Unicode position. A unified font thus allows developers to customize their solutions without making compromises, so they can use one font for all their products. About Font Fusion Font Fusion provides developers with full font fidelity and high-quality typographic See typography. output at any resolution on any device, while maintaining the integrity of the original character shapes. Font Fusion is small and fast. Most developers can compile the source code in 32-105 KB, depending on options. It generates more than 16,000 characters per second, using the Arial(R) font at 25 lines per em on a 233MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium(R) II processor, cache turned off. Font Fusion performs well in memory- and performance-constrained environments. For example, a complete traditional Chinese TrueType font with over 13,000 characters can occupy as much as 8MB. With Font Fusion, the same characters occupy less than 0.5MB, representing considerable savings in memory and disk space costs. Font Fusion is designed for 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. , software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other embedded systems and information and wireless appliances. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. is a software development company that focuses on the presentation of data. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. Bitstream's offering is made up of four distinct product lines: -- Type and Technology -- ThunderHawk -- MyFonts.com -- Pageflex Type and Technology Bitstream is a leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its TrueDoc(R) and Font Fusion(R) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, and printers. ThunderHawk ThunderHawk(TM) is a client-server technology that brings full-featured wireless Web browsing to mobile devices. It gives customers complete Internet access See how to access the Internet. to real Web pages while maintaining full text legibility. Now in alpha release See alpha version. , ThunderHawk SmartPhone Edition enables consumers to browse the Web on smart phones. ThunderHawk PocketPC Edition allows consumers to browse the Web on Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. . ThunderHawk Enterprise Server is a client-server technology for corporations and telecommunications companies. Providing wireless Web browsing across networks, it gives a mobile workforce complete access to Internet and corporate intranet Web pages. MyFonts.com MyFonts.com(TM) is a showcase of the world's fonts available from one easy-to-use Web site. It provides the largest collection of fonts ever assembled for online delivery, and offers easy ways to find and purchase fonts online. MyFonts.com also offers unique typographic resources and forums for interacting with font experts. For details, visit http://www.myfonts.com, the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts online. Pageflex Pageflex(TM) technologies have pioneered a new direction in composition software: Web-top publishing. Web-top publishing software helps novice users create high-quality printed products using intelligent, flexible templates, without installing or learning any new desktop publishing software The following is a list of major desktop publishing software. A wide range of related software tools exist in this field, including many plug-ins and tools related to the applications listed below. . Pageflex templates are intelligent and flexible because professional designers can set rules to define which elements can change, how much they can change, and who can change them. Pageflex products thus maintain corporate identity and design integrity while enabling sophisticated customizing of documents. Bitstream was founded in 1981 and has headquarters in Cambridge. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Note to Editors: Bitstream, Font Fusion, and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and the Bitstream logo and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts.com is a trademark of MyFonts.com Inc. Pageflex and .EDIT are trademarks of Pageflex. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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