Bitstream Releases New TrueDoc SDK; TrueDoc 2.5 Provides Font Solutions for Embedded Systems and Internet Applications.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1998--Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) today announced the release of TrueDoc(R) SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). Version 2.5 for developers who require font technology for their embedded systems, information appliances, and internet publishing products. "Font technology is often an important part of embedded systems and Internet products. Bitstream's TrueDoc technology provides high quality multilingual font capabilities for such a wide range of devices," said John Collins, Vice President, Engineering. "TrueDoc is the ideal font solution for specialized silicon chips, digital set-top boxes, PDAs, information appliances, web browsers, portable documents, and Internet publishing software." TrueDoc SDK Version 2.5 includes features that separate it from other font rendering technology. It is the only font subsystem designed and tuned for embedded systems to provide superior performance, quality, and features in such a small footprint. TrueDoc's most notable new feature is the TrueDoc path graphics APIs. With these extended APIs, developers can draw lines and curves with a specified thickness, and apply square or rounded end line treatments. The path graphics require only 5K of additional code beyond the core font engine. Other treatments normally applied to font rendering, such as anti-aliasing and interactive TV filters, are also applied to the path graphics. This feature allows developers to create grids, frames, simple games, and program guides that blend well with the text generated from the TrueDoc font engine. TrueDoc 2.5 also includes track and pair kerning to satisfy the most refined text composition. Five new color look-up tables (CLUTs) have been added to broaden support for the digital TV market. Performance improvements have been made in the areas of dynamic merging of PFRs, especially for such large character sets as Kanji, Chinese, and Korean. In addition a new implementor's guide for developers using real-time operating systems and graphics interfaces will expedite the integration of TrueDoc. Bitstream's TrueDoc SDK CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). layout is more intuitive, supplying clean documentation in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format. Developers will find that TrueDoc is full featured and easy to tailor for their specific products. TrueDoc 2.5 contains pre-built libraries for Windows, Mac, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , OS/9000, as well as ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. "C" source code. Several sample programs assist developers with the rapid development of their specific implementations. Bitstream has also ensured that TrueDoc is included in several international standards, including the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). Cascading Style Sheet cascading style sheet Noun computing a file recording style details, such as fonts, colours, etc., that ensures style is consistent over all the pages of a website , Digital Audio Visual Counsel (DAVIC DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council DAVIC Digital Audio Video Council ), and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. ). TrueDoc SDK Version 2.5 is now available directly from Bitstream. Bitstream also offers 1400 Latin fonts and 80 Asian fonts that you can use with TrueDoc. You can reach Bitstream at 800-522-3668 (in North America) or at 617-497-6222 worldwide. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc., headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, develops, markets, and supports software technologies and applications for the graphic communications industry. Through the Type & Technology Division, Bitstream licenses leading text imaging and page layout technologies, such as Bitstream TrueDoc, Bitstream JET(tm), and Bitstream NuDoc(tm), to hundreds of independent developers. Building on these technologies, Bitstream's Archetype Applications Division develops publishing applications, such as its MediaBank(tm) digital asset manager and its InterSep(tm) OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. server. Thousands of corporations, publishers, ad agencies and prepress houses use Archetype applications. Complementing these products, Bitstream markets and supports an extensive multilingual library of over 1,400 typefaces. For more information on Bitstream and its products, visit the company's web site at www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and the Bitstream logo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. TrueDoc and Bitstream are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. CONTACT: Bitstream Inc. Dan Mc Dermott, (617) 520-8564 dmcdermott@bitstream.com |
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