Bitstream Releases Its Third Set of Fonts From the New Font Collection Program; Release Includes 16 New Display and Text Fonts From 9 Designers.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2001 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 its third set of fonts from the New Font Collection program. The new release features display and text fonts from an eclectic group of designers: Brian Bonislawsky, Nick Curtis, Tony Curtis, Tony orig. Bernard Schwartz (born June 3, 1925, New York, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. film actor. He appeared on Broadway before going to Hollywood in 1949. Fahy, Charles Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
All the fonts will be available in PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats for both Windows and the Macintosh. Bitstream announced the New Font Collection (NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference ) program on August 8 of last year. The first two NFC releases, completed in September and December, 2000, included exclusive designs from 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 , Charles Gibbons, Holly Goldsmith, Eduardo Manso, and Harry Pears of Typeface Research and Margaret Layson. The following typefaces are featured in this combined spring and summer release: -- Artane Elongated(TM) by Tony Fahy -- Cavalero, Stingwire, and Tannarin by Brian Bonislawsky -- Drescher Grotesk Semi-Bold, Bold, and Small Sizes by Nicolai Gogoll -- FM Rustling Branches Moon(TM)and FM Falling Leaves Moon(TM)by Charles Gibbons & Mary Trafton -- Picayune Picayune (pĭkəy  n`), city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. Intelligence(TM)by Nick Curtis-- Raven and Raven Evermore ev·er·more adv. 1. Forever; always. 2. In a future time. evermore Adverb all time to come Adv. 1. by Holly Goldsmith -- Richfont Medium(TM)by Richard Hubbard -- Rina(TM)and Rina Linea(TM)by Eduardo Manso -- SissyBoy(TM)by Kate Peters "We are absolutely thrilled to announce this new release," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development at Bitstream and designer of a variety of fonts, including Candy Bits. "It demonstrates our commitment to new and established designers alike. So far, within its first year, the NFC has released 37 new typefaces from 12 designers. We continue to receive great submissions and because of that, we are certain to have an unending supply of new designs for future releases." About the Designers Tony Fahy, born in Ireland, is a type designer and typographer living and working in Carrigallen, Co Leitrim. His first type creation was a Gaelic typeface called "Padraig," which won a Chartpak competition. Artane, Fahy's first typeface for Bitstream, has a specific philosophy at the core of its creation. He decided he would try to create a Roman sans that would have the elegance of a serif Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.  italic
such as Stempel Garamond, Bembo, or Baskerville. Artane is the result!Brian Bonislawsky is a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) One of the most eminent fine arts colleges in the U.S., located in Providence, R.I. It was founded in 1877 but did not offer college-level instruction until 1932. . Before graduating with a BFA BFA abbr. Bachelor of Fine Arts BFA abbr BFA, B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts; first degree in Fine Arts. & Certificate in Illustration, he had studied hand cut lettering, dimensional letter construction, working with hot type, and type on the computer. In the years since his graduation, Bonislawsky has established Astigmatic a·stig·ma·tism n. A visual defect in which the unequal curvature of one or more refractive surfaces of the eye, usually the cornea, prevents light rays from focusing clearly at one point on the retina, resulting in blurred vision. One Eye Foundry (www.astigmatic.com), an online typeface and graphic design business. Cavalero, Stingwire, and Tannarin represent the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between Bitstream and Bonislawsky. Nicolai Gogoll was born in Hamburg, Germany and began to study design in 1991 at the Fachhochschule Hamburg. In 1999, Mr. Gogoll was awarded the Kurt Christians Award for his successful revival of Arno Drescher's Super Grotesk. Drescher Grotesk, named in honor of the designer, is a sturdy German geometric design, consisting of seven roman weights, including a version designed for use at small point sizes. Three weights are offered with this release, Semi-Bold, Bold and Small Sizes. Charles Gibbons' and Mary Trafton's Full Moon Suite is an open-ended, collaborative design project. All of the typefaces under this banner will be called after "folk" names for full moons. The first two, FM Rustling Branches Moon and FM Falling Leaves Moon, are casual lettering styles developed by Ms. Trafton and brought to typographic life by Mr. Gibbons. Bitstream has previously published Aphasia aphasia (əfā`zhə), language disturbance caused by a lesion of the brain, making an individual partially or totally impaired in his ability to speak, write, or comprehend the meaning of spoken or written words. , another typeface designed by Mr. Gibbons. Nick Curtis is a graphic designer with over thirty years of experience in print, A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and , broadcast television and the Web. He has been passionately interested in typography ever since he discovered a type specimen book in his early teens. A prolific type designer, Picayune Intelligence is Mr. Curtis' first release with Bitstream. A slab serif In typography, a slab serif (also called mechanistic, square serif or egyptian) typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Slab serif typefaces generally have no bracket (feature connecting the strokes to the serifs). design with an Art Deco art deco (ärt dĕkō`; är dākō`, ärt) or art moderne (är môdĕrn`, ärt) motif, the typeface is named after a fictitious newspaper in a popular 60's cartoon show. Holly Goldsmith's new designs, with their Gothic feel, are the perfect typefaces to gain a little bit of an edge. Both Raven and its bolder mate, Raven Evermore, work beautifully in text and display sizes. Extra hidden characters, four ravens that augment its Poe-like nature, are available in complementary companion fonts, Raven Extra and Raven Evermore Extra. Ms. Goldsmith's prior Bitstream releases include Hank, Liorah, Melanie, Missy and Ryan. Richard Hubbard is a 1993 BFA graduate from Pratt Institute with a concentration in computer illustration and graphic design. He began designing type in 1997. Recently, Mr. Hubbard began his own on-line design business, Enrich Design, offering typefaces for sale, as well as graphic and Web design services (www.enrichdesign.com). Based on Hubbard's own hand printing, Richfont Medium is an extremely casual design, actually light in weight and best used at larger display point sizes. Eduardo Manso continues his assault on typeface design with this release of Rina and Rina Linea. Based on a serif design, Mr. Manso destroys convention by distressing the character shapes. The result is a cutting edge design. He pushes the envelope even further by then creating an outline version. Manso's prior Bitstream release, Eroxion, is a popular seller and equally unconventional. Kate Peters was born in Southern California. A former punk rock photographer, model, and photo assistant, Ms. Peters began designing type in 1998. When not making fonts, she makes a living as a product stylist. She is founder and owner of Burghal Burgh´al a. 1. Belonging to a burgh. Design, an online type foundry (www.burghal.com). Many of Ms. Peters' typeface designs stretch the boundaries of typical design. SissyBoy is no exception. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs for a wide variety of markets. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R), WebFont(TM), and Font Fusion(TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, printers, and personal digital assistants. 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 and WebFont are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other font names, technologies, and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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