Bitstream Releases Powerful Font Manager for UNIX/X11.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1998-- FontTastic for 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). workstations provides UNIX users with a full-featured solution for the management of TrueType, Type1, and Speedo fonts 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) today announced that it is now shipping FontTastic Font Manager for UNIX and a companion product for UNIX developers. Bitstream(R) FontTastic(tm) is compatible with the most popular versions of UNIX/X11. FontTastic Font Manager installs and manages TrueType(R), PostScript(tm) Type 1, and Bitstream Speedo(tm) fonts. The utility is available directly from Bitstream and its authorized resellers for a suggested US list price of $349. "Fonts are an integral part of high-end publishing and CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. . FontTastic is the missing component that will allow UNIX based publishers to take full advantage of their large libraries of fonts," said Glen Rippel, Director of Product Planning. "FontTastic is the only font manager availablefor the UNIX/X11 platform that delivers professional-level font management capabilities for all font formats." FontTastic's many features include the ability to instantly install or de-install TrueType, PostScript Type 1, and Bitstream Speedo fonts, view multiple font samples, and arrange fonts into user-defined catalogues. Users can install fonts from diskettes, CDs (and other removable media) as well as local and remote network drives. FontTastic font catalogue management includes creation, deletion, activating, deactivating and renaming of catalogues. In addition to the management features, FontTastic renders all font formats at any size or resolution. Supported UNIX/X11 platforms include DEC UNIX V3.2 for Alpha, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. 4.1, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. 5.3, and Sun Solaris 2.5 workstations. Developers that find the features of FontTastic Font Manager useful and wish to integrate these features directly into their applications, will enjoy the full set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that FontTastic is built on. The FontTastic SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). provides seamless font management and font rendering support services at the application level. Applications such as CAD/CAM, proxy servers, or high end publishing applications substantially increase their value by having integrated font services. FontTastic Font Manager is now available directly from Bitstream and its authorized resellers for a US list price of $349.00. The utility comes on a 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). along with professional-quality typefaces. Bitstream also offers TypeShop which contains 1100 high quality fonts that can be used with FontTastic for $695. Bitstream can be reached 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 and Bitstream NuDoc, to hundreds of independent developers. Building on these technologies, Bitstream's Archetype Applications Division develops publishing applications, such as its MediaBank digital asset manager and its InterSep OPI 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. -0- Bitstream and the Bitstream logo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. FontTastic and Bitstream Speedo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
CONTACT: Bitstream Inc.
Dan Mc Dermott, 617/520-8564
dmcdermott@bitstream.com
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