CCS GmbH Licenses Font Fusion from Bitstream; Compact Computer Systeme to integrate Font Fusion in its TextLine computer publishing software.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and HAMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000 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 that CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. GmbH has entered into a long-term agreement 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. (TM), Bitstream's smallest, most advanced 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. Compact Computer Systeme will incorporate Font Fusion in TextLine, sophisticated computer publishing software that runs in Windows. Boasting an impressive list of features, TextLine is a serious system for laying out books, magazines, database files, etc. It supports a large assortment of typesetting typesetting: see printing. typesetting Setting of type for use in any of various printing processes. Type for printing, using woodblocks, was invented in China in the 11th century, and movable type using metal molds had appeared in Korea by the 13th commands and a proprietary macro language (1) A special-purpose command language used to automate sequences within an application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Macro languages often include programming controls (IF THEN, GOTO, WHILE, etc.), but rarely have the capabilities of a full-blown programming language. , the TextLine Command Interpreter Same as command processor. (operating system) command interpreter - A program which reads textual commands from the user or from a file and executes them. Some commands may be executed directly within the interpreter itself (e.g. . Savvy users can configure TextLine to perform sophisticated tasks, such as database publishing Using desktop publishing to produce reports of database contents. See desktop publishing. . CCS (1) (Common Channel Signaling) A communications system in which one channel is used for signaling and different channels are used for voice/data transmission. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a CCS system, also known as CCS7. See SS7. describes its intent as "classical composition quality on Windows PCs." 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. 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 characters occupy less than 0.5MB. Font Fusion is designed for operating systems, software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other embedded systems and Internet and wireless appliances. "We designed Font Fusion to make text look good anywhere in any language, from small applets running on handheld devices to high-end publishing software," said Anna Chagnon, president of Bitstream. "It is easy to develop technology that works well on one platform, but to design a technology that works well regardless of the environment--that is an accomplishment. One of the great things about Font Fusion is it runs, and runs well, on any platform or device. We are very excited that Compact Computer Systeme selected Font Fusion as the rendering technology for its sophisticated layout software, TextLine." "Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a font rasterizing engine for Textline, we found Font Fusion was the best solution for our most important criteria: speed and quality," said Hermann Sonntag, Product Manager for Textline. "With Font Fusion we can deliver Textline with a system-independent, fast, and high-quality font rasterizing engine. During the implementation phase, we were impressed by the prompt and very competent support we received from the staff of Bitstream." 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 the graphic communications industry. 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. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. About Textline The system house CCS Compact Computer Systeme GmbH was founded in 1969 and is located in Hamburg, Germany. With over 30 years of software development, CCS has gained considerable experience as a system solution provider. A team of 30 staff members attend to numerous customers from various industries. When developing software for the prepress industry, i.e., Textline publishing and composition solutions, CCS set benchmarks in the area of professional publishing. Textline Computer Publishing is a publishing package for professional typesetting, composition and pagination (1) Page numbering. (2) Laying out printed pages, which includes setting up and printing columns, rules and borders. Although pagination is used synonymously with page makeup, the term often refers to the printing of long manuscripts rather than ads and brochures. . Specializing in the fully automatic production of voluminous books, Textline combines the performance and typographic variety of classical publishing systems with the flexibility of modern desktop publishing programs. A special feature of Textline is its "Textline Command Interpreter" (TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. ), a completely integrated scripting language to fully automate all composition and pagination tasks. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion and WebFont are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. T2K is a registered trademark of Type Solutions, a Bitstream company. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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