MyFonts.com Announces Long-Term Partnership with Linotype -- MyFonts.com to offer over 2,000 high-quality fonts from the prestigious Linotype library.Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 MyFonts.com today announced a long-term partnership with Linotype Library GmbH to offer the complete Linotype Library on its e-commerce Web site, http://www.myfonts.com. With this agreement, MyFonts.com now gives users direct access to over 2,000 fonts in the Linotype library. The mission of MyFonts.com is to make fonts accessible to everyone, which benefits both users and the foundries. Fonts have been a puzzle for the general computer user--difficult to find, purchase, and install, and often an unknown aspect of their desktop environment. "Having a well-known partner like Linotype is a real coup for MyFonts.com," explained Charles Ying, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bitstream and one of the founders of MyFonts.com. "Linotype has a long history of designing high-quality fonts. Offering their entire font library on MyFonts.com benefits everyone. Our goal is to make fonts accessible to all computer users, not just graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. professionals." "We at Linotype are delighted to be participating in MyFonts.com," stated Bruno Steinert, Managing Director of Linotype Library GmbH. "We believe that by making it very easy for anyone to find and purchase virtually any font in the world, MyFonts.com marks a great leap forward Great Leap Forward, 1957–60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong, the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel for the entire font industry." Many of today's most important fonts have their roots in the Linotype Library, one of the most extensive font libraries in the world. Customers across the globe have licensed original PostScript fonts A scalable font technology from Adobe that renders fonts for both the printer and the screen. PostScript fonts come in Type 1 and Type 3 formats. Type 1 fonts use a simple, efficient command language and are widely used, but Type 3 are not. from Linotype, well known for producing, marketing, and licensing high-quality fonts. The loyalty and creativity of today's highly renowned international typeface The design of a set of printed characters, such as Courier, Helvetica and Times Roman. The terms "typeface" and "font" are used interchangeably, but the typeface is the primary design, while the font is the particular implementation and variation of the typeface, such as bold or italics designers have made the Linotype Library the center of traditional and innovative modern typeface design. The Linotype Library has clearly left its mark on international print design. About MyFonts.com MyFonts.com, Inc., a venture funded by 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 established as a 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. in 1999, is a showcase of the world's fonts available from one easy-to-use Internet portal. It provides the largest collection of fonts ever assembled for on-line delivery, and offers easy ways to find and purchase fonts on-line, unique typographic See typography. resources, and a forum for interacting with font experts. For more information, visit http://www.myfonts.com, the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. MyFonts.com is a trademark of MyFonts.com, Inc., a Bitstream company. Bitstream is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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