Bitstream Licenses Font Fusion to Texas Instruments; Bitstream's Premier Font Rendering Technology Selected for Use in DLP Cinema Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2003 Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) today announced that Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. 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. (TM), Bitstream's high-quality font rendering engine, for use in DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic Cinema(TM) projection technology. Texas Instruments is also licensing a complementary font from Bitstream for use with Font Fusion. "Texas Instruments joins the many industry leaders in the digital entertainment market who have licensed a font rendering solution from Bitstream," said Anna Chagnon, president of Bitstream. "In the world of digital film-making and digital cinema, 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 Font Fusion has been selected by Texas Instruments." The Font Fusion technology will be incorporated within the DLP Cinema(TM) CineCanvas(TM) functionality, which allows subtitles sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. to be rendered in real time, an important feature for cinemas in the non-English-speaking world. Projectors featuring DLP Cinema(TM) technology are uniquely enabling the digital cinema revolution and are installed at more than 150 movie theaters worldwide. 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 more than 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 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. , continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other 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. and information and wireless appliances. About Bitstream Bitstream is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R) and Font Fusion(TM) technologies to Web and application developers and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream has released ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first independent digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com(TM) Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying and buying fonts online. Bitstream has headquarters in Cambridge. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Note to Editors: Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks and the Bitstream logo, Font Fusion, MyFonts.com and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. DLP Cinema is a trademark of Texas Instruments. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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