Bitstream Upgrades LCD Output and Adds Japanese and Korean Fonts to Font Fusion.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2000 Version 2.0 rounds out ultra-compact, CJK (character) CJK - In internationalisation, a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The characters of these languages are all partly based on Han characters (i.e., "hanzi" or "kanji"), which require 16-bit character encodings. stroke-based font technology and improves display of text for Internet appliances and wireless devices 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 availability of new stroke-based fonts for Japan and Korea in version 2.0 of 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), the company's smallest, most advanced font rasterizing rasterizing - rasterising engine. These stroke-based fonts complete Bitstream's CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) stroke-based font technology, giving developers complete character sets in Unicode and native encodings. Each font is under half a megabyte. The ability to display and output high-quality characters for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages means that developers of Internet appliances, wireless devices, and other 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. can address new business opportunities for their products without the barrier imposed by the large size of conventional Asian fonts. Font Fusion provides developers with full font fidelity and high-quality typographic See typography. output at any resolution on any device, while maintaining the integrity of the original character shapes. In addition, Font Fusion performs well in memory-constrained environments. For example, a complete traditional Chinese TrueType font with over 13,500 characters can occupy as much as 8MB. With Font Fusion, the same font occupies less than 0.5MB. With version 2.0, Bitstream has also improved LCD output, that is, the display of characters on laptops, personal digital assistants, wireless Internet appliances, and other devices that use a liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. . The Font Fusion engine renders the text very quickly, and the screen output is sharp. Character features, including diagonal strokes and horizontal and vertical stems, are very readable. "We are very pleased to announce the completion of Font Fusion 2.0, which incorporates many wonderful new features, including sharper, faster output and support for native hinting of Type 1, TrueDoc PFR, and stroke-based fonts," said Sampo Kaasila, Director of Research and Development for Bitstream. "We also completed our CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) stroke-based work with the addition of Japanese and Korean stroke-based fonts. With this major release of Font Fusion, we have accomplished something truly great, which will solidify our position as the leading font rendering technology for Internet appliances, wireless devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, printers, and personal digital assistants." The new features in Font Fusion 2.0 include: --New Japanese and Korean stroke-based fonts released --Stroke-based fonts now render three times faster --Sharper, faster output on LCD displays --Support for native hinting of Type 1, TrueDoc PFR, and stroke-based fonts --Faster font initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. : fonts now open faster --Support for Bitstream's Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. (TM)font reader Font Fusion is designed for operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other embedded systems and Internet and wireless appliances. 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(TM) technology to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of Internet appliances, wireless devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, 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 and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion, Speedo, 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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