Bitstream Releases Type Odyssey; New Release Includes Over 1,000 Fonts in TrueType and PostScript Formats, for Windows or the Macintosh, On One Unlocked CD-ROM.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 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 the release of Type Odyssey(TM). Type Odyssey is a comprehensive, world-class collection that includes the entire Bitstream Typeface The design of a set of printed characters, such as Courier, Helvetica and Times Roman. The terms "typeface" and "font" are used interchangeably, but the typeface is the primary design, while the font is the particular implementation and variation of the typeface, such as bold or italics Library. It also comes with distinctive designs and new releases from independent foundries and designers in the U.S. and the U.K. Type Odyssey contains a comprehensive collection of over 1,000 high-quality fonts, including display faces and families of text faces. The collection includes many Bitstream originals, such as Bitstream Amerigo(R), Candy Bits(TM), Oranda(TM) and the Prima(R) font families. All of the fonts from the Bitstream New Font Collection are on the collection, too, including Lindisfarne Nova(TM), Liorah(TM), and Melanie(TM). Type Odyssey also comes with complete Typographer Sets from these typeface families: Bitstream Cataneo(TM), Bitstream Charter Bitstream Charter is a glyphic serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter in 1987 for Bitstream Inc., a digital type foundry. Bitstream Charter is a typeface optimized for printing on the low-resolution 300 dpi laser printers of the 1980s. (TM), Bitstream Chianti(TM), and Bitstream Iowan Old Style(TM). Typographer Sets include ligatures, swashes, fractions, small caps See Small capital , and old style and alternate characters. Type Odyssey is a completely unlocked 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). . All of the fonts are high-quality, finely crafted, professional typefaces. The fonts are in TrueType(R) and PostScript(R) formats for either Windows(R) or the Macintosh(R). These independent foundries and designers are part of Type Odyssey: --Astigmatic One Eye --Bill Troop --Dalton Maag --Font Diner --Galapagos Design Group --Moonlight Type and Technology --P22 type foundry a place for the manufacture of type. See also: Type --Royal National Institute for the Blind --Sooy Type Foundry "This is Bitstream's first real collaborative effort in putting together a high-end typeface library," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic See typography. Development at Bitstream, and a designer of a variety of fonts, including the Prima font family. "Type Odyssey points us in a new direction. We wanted to be inclusive, to bring together many top-quality designs in one collection. It made sense to go to some of the most innovative designers in the industry today. This is a great collection for any high-end publisher and graphic designer to have." To find out more about Type Odyssey, you are encouraged to visit http://www.bitstream.com or to send e-mail to sales@bitstream.com. About Bitstream, the Internet Font Technology Company 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 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. (TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of Internet appliances, wireless 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. , 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 This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream, Bitstream Amerigo, Bitstream Arrus, Prima, and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Candy Bits, Bitstream Cataneo, Bitstream Charter, Bitstream Chianti, Font Fusion, Bitstream Iowan Old Style, Lindisfarne Nova, Liorah, Melanie, Oranda, Type Odyssey, and WebFont are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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