C-DAC and Bitstream Partner To Bring Indian Language Fonts to Developers.PUNE, India & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Well-established Indian government institution establishes long-term relationship with Bitstream 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 C-DAC C-DAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (Pune, India) (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), formerly known as National Centre for Software Technology) is a scientific society of the Department of Information Technology, Government of India. ), GIST, Pune, India, today announced an agreement to bring a wide variety of classic and contemporary Indian language fonts to developers licensing Bitstream 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. (R), Bitstream's premier font rendering technology, and Bitstream Panorama(TM), a global text composition engine. C-DAC was established in March 1988 as a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [3]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government . C-DAC is primarily an R & D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced information technology based solutions. C-DAC is a well-established organization with eleven offices in India. GIST Group is well-known for its work in Indian languages. GIST has become synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as the standards for Indian language applications in IT. "It is an exhilarating experience for the GIST team at C-DAC to work with Bitstream, so that state-of-the-art solutions can be provided to worldwide customers requiring Indian language support," stated S.Ramakrishnan, Director General of C-DAC. "With the increasing demand of supporting Indian languages in all applications and devices, this partnership will help C-DAC in its mission to proliferate pro·lif·er·ate v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. the usage of languages and ensure that everyone gets the benefits of computerization com·put·er·ize tr.v. com·put·er·ized, com·put·er·iz·ing, com·put·er·iz·es 1. To furnish with a computer or computer system. 2. To enter, process, or store (information) in a computer or system of computers. . C-DAC looks forward to this collaboration as a fruitful and long-lasting relationship with Bitstream." The Indian Language fonts are all OpenType typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
--Assamese --Bengali --Devanagari script (supports the Hindi & Marathi languages Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. ) --Gujarati --Kannada --Malayalam --Oriya --Punjabi --Tamil --Telugu "We're very pleased to work with the GIST Group at C-DAC to provide a complete solution for developers releasing their products in India," stated Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. "It's necessary for our partners to support complex scripting languages, and it's significant that a well-respected Indian government institution like C-DAC can support all the popular Indian languages and scripts. We look forward to working with the GIST Group to make this new partnership a success." About Font Fusion Font Fusion is Bitstream's premier font subsystem, rendering high-quality characters in any format, at any resolution, on any platform or device. Delivering exceptional text rendering for consumer electronics devices and mobile phones, Font Fusion is the ideal solution for small 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. . Font Fusion is both small and fast. Developers can compile the source code in 36 KB on up, depending on options. It generates more than 37,000 characters per second on a 450MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. processor, rendering a TrueType font at 25 lines per em. Font Fusion is designed for consumer electronics devices, mobile phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, digital TVs, printers, graphics applications, and embedded systems. About Bitstream Panorama Bitstream Panorama is an easy-to-integrate product for consumer electronics devices, mobile phones, set-top boxes, and embedded systems. A small, portable, global text composition engine, Bitstream Panorama enables developers to draw strings of characters and lay out complex lines of text. The product supports all international languages, including Arabic and Indian language scripts. About C-DAC and GIST Established in March 1988 as a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) is primarily an R & D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced information technology based solutions. C-DAC is a well-established organization with eleven offices in India. GIST (Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology) Group is well-known for its work in Indian languages. For more information, please visit http://www.cdac.in and http://www.cdac.in/html/gist/gistidx.asp. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. For more information, please visit Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and Font Fusion are registered trademarks and the Bitstream logo and Bitstream Panorama are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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