Corel Partners with Bitstream to Provide Next-Generation Font Support for Linux.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and OTTAWA, CANADA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- Bitstream to provide font server use and management for industry standard fonts for Linux(R) 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 Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. (NASDAQ:CORL CORL Corel Corporation (stock symbol) CORL Coalition of Reef Lovers CORL capital outlay revenue limit CORL change-orientated reflective listening (psychotherapy) CORL Central Ontario Ringette League )(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COR) announced today that Corel has licensed a Linux(R) font server currently being developed by Bitstream. Corel will integrate this font server into the office and graphics suites that it is currently developing for Linux. Bitstream's new Linux font server can render PostScript(R) Type 1 fonts, in addition to TrueType(R) and other industry standard font formats. It also succeeds at making fonts on the Linux OS user friendly by providing robust and intuitive font management that is comparable to what is currently available for the Windows(R) or Macintosh(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . The new Bitstream(R) technology will help the Linux platform overcome one of its most significant barriers to acceptance in the desktop market. Corel recently released its first Linux operating system, Corel(R) LINUX(R) OS, and is currently developing office and graphics suites for Linux. Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) 8 for Linux(R) has been hugely successful as a free download: the office suite for Linux will be available in early 2000. The CorelDRAW(R) graphics suite for Linux will be available in the summer of 2000. Corel is currently integrating the Bitstream font server into both of these suites. With a long history of delivering technology that makes fonts easy to use anywhere, Bitstream is uniquely positioned to introduce a font rendering and font management solution for Linux. Built on the FontTastic(tm) product acquired from Gallium Software, Inc. in 1996, this solution will provide Linux developers with an essential font technology for future product considerations. "Bitstream is excited about introducing one of the most user-friendly Linux font subsystems for TrueType and PostScript," said Paul Trevithick This article is and to meet Wikipedia's , may require a , wikifying and categorization. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or [ replace this tag] with a . This article has been tagged since March 2007. , president of Bitstream Inc. "This will be a critical technological step towards the commercial success of Linux. We are confident that other Linux developers like Corel will recognize its value, and that many will adopt it as the technology of choice for providing font fidelity and ease-of-use for their customers." "The Bitstream font technology will give us the highest-quality font subsystem for Linux," said Rene Schmidt, vice president of software development for Linux at Corel Corporation. "This technology moves us closer to our goal of having high functionality and true cross-platform compatibility between Windows and Linux." About Bitstream, the Internet Font Company Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS), 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. , is a leading developer of type technology, digital typefaces, and type customization services for the graphics communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Bitstream licenses its WebFont(tm) and 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) 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 Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. . 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 Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(R) line of graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility, value and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R), Linux(R) and Java(tm) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock MarketK under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COR. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com. Bitstream is a registered trademark, and FontTastic, WebFont, and Font Fusion are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW and the Go Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other product names are trademarks of their respective companies. All other brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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