Bitstream and Be Announce Font Fusion Licensing Agreement.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999-- Be to use Bitstream's advanced font rasterization Font rasterization is the process of converting text from a vector description (as found in scalable fonts such as TrueType fonts) to a raster or bitmap description. This often involves some anti-aliasing on screen text to make it smoother and easier to read. technology for personal computers and Internet appliances 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) and Be Incorporated (NASDAQ:BEOS) announced today that Be is the first software developer to license 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. , Bitstream's next generation font rasterizing rasterizing - rasterising engine. Font Fusion is the convergence of Bitstream's T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) (R) and TrueDoc(R) technology in an advanced, object-oriented architecture. Be will implement Font Fusion as part of both its Internet appliance software platform, code-named Stinger, and its desktop operating system The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system," Windows is the overwhelming majority while the Macintosh comes second. There are also several versions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system. , BeOS. By using Font Fusion, Be's software platforms can support a greater variety of languages with high-quality text on low-cost devices. Font Fusion provides developers with full font fidelity and high-quality typographic output at any resolution on any device, while maintaining the integrity of the original character shapes. It 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 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. , Internet appliances, and small wireless systems. Font Fusion is optimized for memory-constrained environments. For example, the Font Fusion rendering engine and a traditional Chinese font with over 13,000 characters occupy less than 0.5 MB. Be plans to integrate Font Fusion within future versions of Stinger, its compelling software solution designed for the creation of appliances that deliver information and entertainment over the Web. Based on BeOS, Stinger is fully customizable and supports popular streaming audio and video standards. Be expects to formally introduce Stinger in the first quarter of 2000. "We chose Font Fusion because of its speed, small footprint, and ease of use. Its broad support for the emerging class of Internet appliances and other entertainment technologies, especially stroke-based fonts and television output, will enable us to offer high-quality text on a variety of devices based on our Stinger software platform," said Steve Sakoman, chief technology officer and general manager of Be's Internet appliance efforts. "Additionally, Font Fusion will enable us to address Asian markets with localized typefaces on low-cost platforms, opening new potential markets for Stinger." "We are very pleased to have Be as our first Font Fusion customer. BeOS and Stinger are cutting-edge examples of the changing operating system and Internet appliance markets," said Paul Trevithick, president of Bitstream, Inc. "By licensing Font Fusion for use with their world-class software platforms, Be is acknowledging the innovation of Bitstream's latest font-rendering technology." About Bitstream, the Internet Font Company Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:BITS), headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a leading developer of type technology, digital typefaces, and type customization services for the graphics communications industry. Bitstream licenses its WebFont(TM) and Font Fusion(TM) font portability and rendering technology to hundreds of industry-leading Internet, Web, and publishing software applications developers, as well as to manufacturers of computers, printers, set-top boxes, and other devices. Bitstream has been awarded several patents that cover aspects of creating subsetted fonts, managing and rendering portable font objects, and using portable fonts for Web publishing. Bitstream also offers on-demand marketing software through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Pageflex Inc. For more information on Bitstream and its products, visit the company on the World Wide Web at www.bitstream.com. About Be Incorporated Founded in 1990, Be Incorporated creates software platforms that enable rich media and Web experiences on personal computers and Internet appliances. Be's headquarters are in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , with offices in Paris and Tokyo. It is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol BEOS. Be can be found on the Web at http://www.be.com. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Font Fusion is a trademark 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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