Novell Licenses Font Fusion from Bitstream; Novell to Integrate Font Fusion in NetWare Java Virtual Machine.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 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) and Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of Net services software, announced today that they have entered into a long-term, global agreement that will allow developers to use Bitstream font technology in a Java environment. Under terms of the agreement, Novell will 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 next generation font rasterizing rasterizing - rasterising engine; a core set of Bitstream's delta-hinted fonts; and Bitstream's Unicode font. This new agreement enables Novell to render high-quality text in the NetWare(R) Java Virtual Machine A Java interpreter. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is software that converts the Java intermediate language (bytecode) into machine language and executes it. The original JVM came from the JavaSoft division of Sun. (JVM See Java Virtual Machine. JVM - Java Virtual Machine ). 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. Novell will incorporate Font Fusion in its NetWare products that include the Java Virtual Machine, which runs Java applications, servlets, and applets. NetWare helps customers extend existing networks and data into the Web, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere 3.0, Standard Edition, as well as WebSphere Advanced, simplify the process of Web application development, deployment and management. Ultimately, NetWare strengthens an organization's connections to customers, suppliers, and partners around the globe. 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, representing considerable savings in set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. memory costs. Font Fusion 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. and Internet and wireless appliances. Bitstream's core set of delta-hinted fonts, which Novell has licensed, includes 13 fonts that have been fine-tuned for computer monitors and other low-resolution display screens, as well as for LCD displays. The pack contains three font families, Dutch 801, Swiss 721, and Courier, as well as a Symbol font. Bitstream's Unicode font provides extended language support in a single font. It supports extended characters and currency symbols; Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, and Turkish characters; Hebrew and Arabic characters; and Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese characters. "The combined elements of the Web and application servers are an ideal deployment for Font Fusion. We are very excited to be partners with Novell, the leading supplier of Net services software around the world," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "Font Fusion offers the quality, speed, and compactness that are so important in today's global marketplace. We are very pleased that Novell chose Font Fusion to be part of the NetWare JVM." "Today's announcement with Bitstream complements Novell's one Net vision," said Craig Miller Craig Millar is a reporter and news presenter for North Tonight on STV North. Miller regularly reports for the Opt-out bulletin within the main North Tonight programme from STV's studios in Dundee in which covers stories for Tayside and North-east Fife. , Vice President and General Manager, Net Management services, Novell. "By including Bitstream's Font Fusion in our NetWare JVM, we are enabling developers to accelerate the delivery of new Net services software to the marketplace." 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 a wide variety of markets. 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) technologies 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 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. . Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. About Novell Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), is a leading provider of Net services software that delivers services to secure and power all types of networks --the Internet, intranets, and extranets; wired to wireless; corporate and public --across leading operating systems. Novell's Net services software provides the foundation for one Net -- a single global network that supports new applications and forms of business. Worldwide channel, consulting, education and technical support programs, along with strategic alliances, combine Novell Net services software with third-party products and services to form complete Net solutions. For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/news/press/pressroom. In addition, detailed comparisons between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/competitive. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion and WebFont are trademarks 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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