Bitstream Releases Iowan Old Style: The Complete Family.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 New product release includes a complete font family A set of fonts of the same typeface in assorted sizes, including bold, italic and bold italic variations. , well-suited for use in typesetting typesetting: see printing. typesetting Setting of type for use in any of various printing processes. Type for printing, using woodblocks, was invented in China in the 11th century, and movable type using metal molds had appeared in Korea by the 13th books, from typeface designer John Downer Sir John William Downer, KCMG (6 July 1843 – 2 August 1915) was the Premier of South Australia from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. Early life 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 it is releasing Iowan Old Style(TM): The Complete Family. This new product is a collection of typeface designer John Downer's complete family. It features 25 typefaces in all, including both a titling font and 12 expert sets previously released by the New Font Collection. This compilation also features an autographed copy of the Iowan Old Style typeface specimen book, published in 2001. A limited number of copies are available. All the fonts will be available in PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats for both Windows and the Macintosh. Iowan Old Style: The Complete Family is available as a download-only product from Bitstream. -- Iowan Old Style Titling -- Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic -- Iowan Old Style Black and Black Italic -- Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic Old Style Bitstream Iowan Old Style, originally published in 1991, is John Downer's debut text family. Classified as a Venetian old style, Iowan Old Style is modeled after earlier, 20th century American revivals of Italian Renaissance types cut by Nicolas Jenson and Francesco Griffo Francesco Griffo (1450- 1518), also called Francesco da Bologna, was a fifteenth-century Venetian punchcutter. He worked for Aldus Manutius, designing that printer's more important typefaces, including the first italic type. , but features a larger x-height, tighter letterfit and reproportioned capitals. It was also inspired by classical inscriptional lettering as well as sign painting seen in certain regions of eastern Iowa, Downer's current stomping ground stomp·ing ground n. A customary territory or favorite gathering place. Also called stamping ground. . Expert font An expert font, also known as an expert set, is a digital font, accompanying another font, that provides additional characters that are not in the accompanied font, such as small caps, old style figures, ligatures, fractions, subscript and superscript figures. sets, including small caps See Small capital , extensions and alternates, as well as old style figure fonts, were added in 2000. The latest addition, Iowan Old Style Titling, was designed in 2001 by John Downer and added to the family in 2002. The cap-only character set, which includes additional ornaments and fleurons, broadens the appeal and functionality of the typeface family A group of typefaces that includes the normal, bold, italic and bold-italic variations of the same design. . The Iowan Old Style family was designed for and is well suited for extended use in book text setting. The following typefaces are featured on Iowan Old Style: The Complete Family. -- Iowan Old Style Titling -- Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic -- Iowan Old Style Black and Black Italic -- Iowan Old Style Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic Old Style Figures -- Iowan Old Style Black and Black Italic Old Style Figures -- Iowan Old Style Small Cap, Bold Small Cap and Black Small Cap -- Iowan Old Style Extension, Italic Extension, Bold Extension, and Bold Italic Extension, Black Extension, and Black Italic Extension -- Iowan Old Style Italic Alternate, Bold Italic Alternate, and Black Italic Alternate "Together with NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference : Volume 1, this new product solidifies our commitment to bring our customers contemporary typefaces from designers worldwide," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development at Bitstream and designer of a variety of fonts, including the Prima font family. "We are especially pleased to put together a complete font family of extraordinary quality. A hardy contemporary text typeface with true drawn italics, John Downer's Iowan Old Style family is one that many book publishers will want to use." About the Designer John Downer began training as a sign painter while he was in high school. He finished his apprenticeship after college, and then started graduate studies in art at The University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. , where he received MA and MFA See multifactor authentication. degrees in painting. He currently resides in Iowa City Iowa City, city (1990 pop. 59,738), seat of Johnson co., E Iowa, on both sides of the Iowa River; founded 1839 as the capital of Iowa Territory, inc. 1853. Among its manufactures are foam rubber, animal feed, paper, and food products. The city is the seat of the Univ. , and lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe. His essays on type history and hand lettering have appeared in Emigre magazine and House magazine. 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 Font Fusion, Iowan Old Style, and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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