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 has licensed Font Fusion(TM), Bitstream's high-quality font rendering engine, for use in DLP 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 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 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 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, software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other embedded systems 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.