Bitstream Releases 35 New WGL4 Fonts.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Jan. 7, 2002--

Comprised of high-quality display faces and text fonts supporting all

PanEuropean languages, each includes the euro currency symbol,

designed specifically in the typeface style

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today the release of 35 new, high-quality WGL4 typefaces. These include display faces as well as families of text faces. This is the fourth in an ongoing release of international fonts, which follows Bitstream's releases of Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew designs.

All fonts are available for purchase:

-- on the Web: http://store.bitstream.com

-- by phone: [phone] (U.S. only) or 617.497.6222

-- by fax: [phone]

-- by e-mail: [e-mail]

Each WGL4 font includes 652 characters and supports European languages.

Also known as the "PanEuropean" character set, the"WGL4" (Windows Glyph List 4) character set was developed by Microsoft. It includes characters that Western, Central, and Eastern European writing systems rely on. It also includes Baltic, Cyrillic, Greek, and Turkish characters.

The fonts are available in Windows(R)TrueType(R)format. WGL4 fonts include six different "scripts" or character sets: Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish, and Western:

-- Baltic (Microsoft Code Page 1257)

-- Cyrillic (Code Page 1251)

-- Greek (Code Page 1253)

-- Latin 1, Western (Code Page 1252)

-- Latin 2, Central Europe (Code Page 1250)

-- Latin 5, Turkish (Code Page 1254)

Each font includes the euro currency symbol, designed specifically for each typeface.

This release of WGL4 fonts includes:

-- Ad Lib(TM)WGL4

-- Baskerville WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic)

-- Century Schoolbook(TM)WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold

italic)

-- Chianti(TM)WGL4 (roman and bold; italic; and bold italic)

-- Courier 10 Pitch WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic)

-- Dutch(TM)801 WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic)

-- Futura(R)Black WGL4

-- Monospace 821 WGL4 (roman and bold)

-- Oz Handicraft(TM)WGL4

-- Poster Bodoni WGL4

-- Swiss(TM)721 WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic)

-- Zurich(TM)WGL4 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic; and

black)

"Our new release of WGL4 fonts continues our plan to deliver worldwide fonts so we can meet the growing needs of our international customers. It's important that they all include the euro symbol, now that the euro is the official single currency of the European Union," said Sue Zafarana, Director, Custom Products. "The WGL4 fonts are all high-quality designs and include a well-rounded variety of text and display faces, adding to our comprehensive collection of Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew fonts."

To find out more about these fonts, you are encouraged to visit http://www.bitstream.com or to send e-mail to [e-mail].

About Bitstream

Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) 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 is currently developing ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web.

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. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com.

Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Chianti, Dutch, Font Fusion, Oz Handicraft, Swiss, ThunderHawk, and Zurich are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.