Bitstream Renews Licensing Agreement With Long-Term Client Sports Interactive.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002 Leading Gaming Software Developer Continues Successful Use of Bitstream Font Rendering Engine and Innovative Fonts in Europe's Biggest Online Soccer Game Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) today announced it has renewed a three-year agreement to license its T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) font engine and several gaming fonts to Sports Interactive, London-based developers of the popular cutting-edge Championship Manager series of games. Bitstream T2K is a high-performance font engine well suited for interactive applications. It provides high-quality rendering in any format, for virtually any device, from the smallest 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. to the largest multi-threaded systems. T2K offers superior quality and speed, small code size and font compression, and it supports all major industry-standard font formats. In addition, T2K is easily scalable to 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. , the premier font-rendering engine from Bitstream. Sports Interactive publishes games for various PCs and the popular new Xbox from Microsoft Corp. The 2001 soccer title "Championship Manager: Season 01/02" was the fastest-selling personal computer game in history in the United Kingdom, racking up more than 103,000 copies in the first weekend alone, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a ChartTrack report at the time. The previous record was set by an earlier version, "Championship Manager 3," which recorded sales of 70,000 units during its debut weekend in 1999. "Championship Manager 4," the latest in the series, is due for release in February 2003 and looks set to continue the record-breaking run. As Miles Jacobson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sports Interactive, explained: "Over the years Bitstream has provided us with outstanding technology and service and some of the funkiest fonts we've found. We're happy to extend our relationship with this U.S. partner." Bitstream President Anna Chagnon added, "By renewing our licensing agreement with Sports Interactive, Bitstream continues to maintain its impressive stable of long-term clients and its connections to the U.K. "We welcome the ongoing opportunity to deliver the consistent legibility leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. of our T2K font rendering engine to the computer gaming market and to develop creative new font families A set of fonts of the same typeface in assorted sizes, including bold, italic and bold italic variations. to address this fast-moving sector." About Bitstream Inc. Bitstream is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc and Font Fusion technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. , 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 has released ThunderHawk, a full-featured browser for the wireless Web. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com Inc. (www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying and buying fonts online. Bitstream has headquarters in Cambridge. About Sports Interactive Sports Interactive is the development team behind the award-winning and market-leading Championship Manager football games (published by Eidos Interactive Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games with its parent company based in England. It is now part of the Eidos Group of Companies and is a subsidiary of SCi Entertainment Group PLC that is publicly-traded on the London Stock Exchange. ). Sports Interactive employs a full-time team of 12 at its headquarters in Islington, North London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). , and is supported by hundreds of researchers around the world. Note to Editors: Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion, MyFonts.com and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. T2K is a registered trademark of Type Solutions Inc., a Bitstream company. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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