Bitstream Releases New BTN Library of 500 Exclusive Fonts for Developers; Leading Font Technology Company Delivers New Designs That `Break the Norm'.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2003 Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) announced today the release of 500 exclusive, fun, and edgy designs from its new BTN BTN In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Bhutan Ngultrum. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ("Breaking the Norm") typeface library. The mix includes text families and pi fonts, and a wide variety of display, headline and handwriting fonts, including: -- Display and headline fonts: Apple Boy, Cinema Gothic, Combat, Dark Half, Exotic Island, Nightclub, Platinum Beat -- Extended font families: Air Flow, Backtalk, Big Chump, Calamity Teen, Candy, Java Kick, Pie Contest -- Handwriting and casual fonts: Annie, Aundee, Galeforce, Heather, Holiday Springs, Ocalla Hand -- Pi and symbol fonts: Carver Jack, Heart Breaker, Li'l Tipsy, Retro Starstruck star·struck or star-struck adj. Fascinated by or exhibiting a fascination with fame or famous people: "The star-struck tone of the text suggests that the author is giving us an exclusive peek into the secret lives of The BTN fonts work well in software applications (particularly game software and graphics/presentation applications), Web applications, and printers -- anywhere customers use templates to tailor the look and feel of posters, greeting cards See e-card. , scrapbooks, CD labels, T-shirts, coffee mugs, digital videos and photos. The fonts are available in OpenType(R), TrueType(R), and PostScript(R) Type 1 formats for both Windows(R) and the Macintosh(R). "Today's developers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. innovation in animation and graphics. They want new seldom-seen designs for their applications. The right typeface can make all the difference," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic See typography. Development at Bitstream. "Our new BTN library of 500 exclusive fonts for developers is the latest creation from two highly original typeface designers, Brian Bonislawsky and Stuart Sandler. The BTN library includes handwriting, gaming, display, and symbol fonts, and extended families of headline and text faces. These new typefaces provide an eclectic mix of fun, edgy and funky designs, 'breaking the norm' from ordinary fonts." For more information, contact Bitstream at 800-522-3668 or 617-497-6222, e-mail the company at oemsales@bitstream.com, or visit them on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com. About the Designers Brian J. 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, and working with both hot type and type on the computer. In the years since his graduation, Bonislawsky has established the 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 Typographic Institute (www.astigmatic.com), an online typeface and graphic design business. Bonislawsky has also contributed numerous designs to Bitstream's New Font Collection (NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference ) program, including the EuroMachina family, Big Limbo, Cavalero, Islander, Stingwire and Tannarin. Stuart Sandler has solidly established a reputation as a premier designer of retro display typography typography (tīpŏg`rəfē), the art of printing from movable type. The term typographer is today virtually synonymous with a master printer skilled in the techniques of type and paper stock selection, ornamentation, and composition. inspired by 1950s popular culture. Since the launch of Sandler's foundry the Font Diner (www.fontdiner.com) in 1996, the Font Diner has become one of the fastest growing independent foundries in the country. 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 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. (R) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, 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 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 full-featured browser for the wireless Web. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first independent digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com(TM) Inc. (www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying and buying fonts online. Also in 1999, Bitstream established Pageflex(TM) Inc. (www.pageflexinc.com), the pioneer of a new direction in composition software: Web-top publishing. Bitstream has headquarters in Cambridge. Note to Editors: Bitstream, Font Fusion, and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and the Bitstream logo and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts.com is a trademark of MyFonts.com Inc. Pageflex is a trademark of Pageflex Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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