Bitstream Inc. Qualifies for 1999 Soft-letter 100 List; Bitstream Ranks Among the PC Industry's Largest Independent Software Companies.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1999-- 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 they have qualified for this year's Soft-letter 100. The Soft-letter 100 is an annual list of the PC software industry's largest independent companies, based on 1998 calendar year revenues. "We are proud to have qualified again this year for the Soft-letter 100," said Anna Chagnon, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bitstream Inc. "The Soft-letter 100 has always been a useful measure to interpret the state of the PC software industry. This ranking is an indication of Bitstream's dedication to the development of type technology and products for the PC software industry." Soft-letter counted the Bitstream Font Library(tm), TrueDoc Imaging System(R), and T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) (tm) among Bitstream's most valuable products for the PC software market. The Soft-letter100, published annually since 1984, is defined as a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies 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. , based on calendar year revenues. To be ranked, a company must be an independent, U.S.-based organization that generates at least 50% of its revenues from personal computer software development or publishing. About Bitstream, the Internet Font Company Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:BITS), 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. , is a leading developer of type technology, digital typefaces, and type customization services for the graphics communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Bitstream licenses its WebFont(tm), TrueDoc(R), and T2K(tm) font portability and rendering technology to hundreds of industry-leading Internet, Web, and publishing software applications developers, as well as to manufacturers of computers, printers, set-top boxes, and other devices. Bitstream has been awarded several patents that cover aspects of creating subsetted fonts, managing and rendering portable font objects, and using portable fonts for Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. . Bitstream also offers on-demand publishing software through its 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. , PageFlex Inc. For more information on Bitstream and its products, visit the company on the World Wide Web at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and WebFont and T2K are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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