Bitstream Releases Powerful New Font Manager for the DEC Alpha Platform.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1998-- Font Navigator(tm) 4.0 for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (tm) running on DEC Alpha See Alpha. (processor) DEC Alpha - A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. workstations provides Alpha users with a full-featured solution for TrueType and PostScript fonts A scalable font technology from Adobe that renders fonts for both the printer and the screen. PostScript fonts come in Type 1 and Type 3 formats. Type 1 fonts use a simple, efficient command language and are widely used, but Type 3 are not. Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) today announced that it is now shipping a new version of its powerful Font Navigator font management utility. Bitstream(R) Font Navigator(tm) Version 4.0 is developed to run natively in Windows NT(tm) 4.0 on Digital Equipment Corporation(R) Alpha(tm) workstations and installs and manages TrueType(R) and PostScript(tm) Type 1 typefaces. In addition, Font Navigator renders Type 1 typefaces, providing Alpha users with the ability to use PostScript fonts on their systems for the first time. The utility is available directly from Bitstream and its authorized resellers for a suggested US list price of $149. "People are beginning to realize that Alpha workstations are an extremely powerful platform for publishing," said Stefan Wennik, Director of Type Product Marketing at Bitstream. "Fonts are an integral part of high-end publishing, and Font Navigator 4.0 is the missing component that will allow Alpha-based publishers to take full advantage of the large libraries of fonts available. Font Navigator 4.0 is the only utility available for the Alpha platform that delivers professional-level font management capabilities and Type 1 support." A Wealth of Features Font Navigator's many features include the ability to instantly install or de-install TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts, view and print multiple font samples, arrange fonts into user-defined `groups,' search and list fonts by a variety of criteria (manufacturer, format, style, etc.) and explore the technical data behind the font (file names, character sets, etc.). Users can install fonts from diskettes, CDs (and other removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. ) as well as local and remote network volumes. More advanced features include the ability to assign font groups to specific documents and applications and to create shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. to them. While Font Navigator offers advanced and sophisticated font management capabilities, they are provided in an easy-to-use and well designed package. For example, users install and de-install fonts (or font groups) simply by dragging and dropping the typefaces between the utility's windows. All font management features are no more than one or two mouse clicks away. In addition, Font Navigator includes comprehensive context-sensitive on-line help. Font Navigator 4.0 for DEC Alpha is now available to DEC Alpha users directly from Bitstream and its authorized resellers for a US list price of $149.00. 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 50 professional-quality typefaces. Bitstream can be reached at 800-522-3668 (in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) or at 617-497-6222 worldwide. About Bitstream Inc. Bitstream Inc., headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, develops, markets and supports software technologies and applications for the graphic communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Through the Type & Technology Division, Bitstream licenses leading text imaging and page layout :For the Wikipedia policy about articles layout, see Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page. technologies, such as Bitstream TrueDoc, Bitstream JET and Bitstream NuDoc, to hundreds of independent developers. Building on these technologies, Bitstream's Archetype archetype (är`kĭtīp') [Gr. arch=first, typos=mold], term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics. Applications Division develops publishing applications, such as its MediaBank digital asset manager and its InterSep 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. -0- Bitstream and the Bitstream logo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Font Navigator is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. DEC Alpha is a trademark of DIGITAL Equipment Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft. TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. CONTACT: Bitstream Inc. Dan Mc Dermott, 617/520-8564 dmcdermott@bitstream.com |
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