Bitstream Releases btX, Ground-Breaking Font Rendering Technology for Linux.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001 Product release of btX brings sophisticated font capabilities to Linux and includes a complete set of 13 high-quality, delta-hinted screen 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) announced today the product release of btX(TM), a premier font server for Linux(R). btX gives Linux the same font presentation as that found on the Macintosh(R) and on Windows(R). With btX, developers can render hinted, anti-aliased, and kerned characters, producing great looking text on screen. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , btX renders not only high-quality characters in industry-standard TrueType(R) and Type 1 formats, but also high-quality text in compact PFR (portable font resource A Portable Font Resource (PFR) is an outline font standard developed by Bitstream that compactly encodes font for use in web pages through their TrueDoc system. TrueDoc was natively supported in Netscape Navigator 4, but was discontinued in Netscape Navigator 6 and Mozilla , an industry-standard format) and stroke-based Asian font formats. Bitstream btX supports Unicode encoding and can render international fonts. Besides the font subsystem, this product release of btX includes a core set of 13 delta-hinted, TrueType screen fonts. Delta hinting involves fine tuning Fine Tuning is the name of XM Satellite Radio's eclectic music channel. The program director for Fine Tuning is Ben Smith. The channel is described as "A musical oasis for the sophisticated listener culled from every imaginable genre and country. fonts so that they look good on the screen, even at small point sizes on low-resolution devices, such as computer monitors. The 13 typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. . In addition, the fonts are set on widths that match those found in Microsoft operating systems The following is a list of Microsoft operating systems. For the codenames that Microsoft gave their operating systems, see Microsoft codenames. Before Windows
Delta-hinted fonts assure the digital clarity of text no matter where it is being displayed. The fonts are targeted for use in applications and devices that rely on the digital displaying of information at low resolutions or small sizes, such as computer screens, handheld devices, 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 so on. The core set of delta-hinted fonts include: -- Courier 10 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic) -- Dutch(TM) 801 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic) -- Swiss(TM) 721 (roman, italic, bold, and bold italic) -- Symbol Set "Bitstream, the leader in font technology, has developed a premier font subsystem for Linux. btX includes 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. , a high-quality, fast font engine, including the fastest TrueType rasterizer on the market," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "btX can render eight font formats -- not just two -- including compact fonts that can fit in embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. devices where space and memory are at a premium. For the first time, btX includes a set of high-quality designs hinted for the screen, allowing developers to emulate the display of text in Windows. This will enable users to take a document from Windows and use it on a Linux system with the same results. This is a win-win situation for Linux developers and users alike." For information on Bitstream btX, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222, e-mail us at oemsales@bitstream.com, or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R) and Font Fusion(TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, 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 is currently developing ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web. 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 and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and btX, Dutch, Font Fusion, Swiss, and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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