QNX Software Systems Signs Twelfth Licensing Agreement with Bitstream; Font Fusion to be Used in QNX Operating System.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- 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 QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. Software Systems has extended its licensing agreement with the company. Under this new agreement, QNX has extended its license for Bitstream's Font Fusion technology. Font Fusion offers exceptional text rendering for mission-critical embedded systems based on the QNX[R] Neutrino[R] realtime operating system See real time operating system. (RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ). This agreement is the twelfth agreement between the two companies. Font Fusion is Bitstream's premier font rasterizing rasterizing - rasterising engine that renders high-quality characters in any format, at any resolution, on any device. QNX chose Font Fusion because the font rendering subsystem provides a highly scalable font architecture for the embedded environment. The QNX and Bitstream partnership spans a ten-year period and encompasses several projects. In addition to Font Fusion, QNX has also licensed Bitstream's highly compact, scalable Asian stroke-based fonts, allowing QNX to provide Asian language support for its many customers in the Asian market. QNX also collaborated with Bitstream's custom font group to develop custom characters from several of Bitstream's font families. Anna Chagnon, President and 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, Inc. commented on the partnership, saying "For more than 25 years, QNX has been providing RTOS technology and development tools to leading companies around the world. For ten years, Bitstream has been able to support that effort with a range of font technology solutions that enable QNX to provide its customers with better communications around the world. We are proud of the work we have done with QNX and look forward to many more years of successful growth together." "Because customers use QNX technology in everything from cars in Korea to power plants in Europe, support for fonts in multiple languages is critical," said Mark Roberts, Director of Product Management at QNX Software Systems. "Bitstream's Font Fusion enables fast, highly readable displays that offer a better user experience for our customers." About QNX Software Systems QNX Software Systems, a Harman International company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HAR), is the industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based architectures of the QNX([R]) Neutrino([R]) RTOS and QNX Momentics([R]) development suite together provide the industry's most reliable and scalable framework for building innovative, high-performance embedded systems. Global leaders such as Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on QNX technology for network routers, medical instruments, vehicle telematics units, security and defense systems, industrial robotics, and other mission- or life-critical applications. Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and distributes products in over 100 countries worldwide. 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, including consumer electronics devices, mobile handsets, PDAs, set-top boxes, digital TVs, printers, graphics applications, and embedded systems. Available as an SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). (Software Developers' Kit), Font Fusion renders a wide variety of industry-standard and compact font formats: OpenType, TrueType, Type 1, CFF/Type2, T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) [R] Latin, T2K Asian, TrueDoc[R] PFR (portable font resource A Portable Font Resource (PFR) is an outline font standard developed by Bitstream that compactly encodes font for use in web pages through their TrueDoc system. TrueDoc was natively supported in Netscape Navigator 4, but was discontinued in Netscape Navigator 6 and Mozilla ), Bitstream Speedo[R], Font Fusion stroke (FFS (Flash File System) Software from Microsoft that made flash memory look like a disk drive. It was superseded by the Flash Translation Layer (FTL) from PCMCIA and M-Systems. See flash memory. ), BDF (bitmap distribution format) format, as well as embedded bitmaps. Developers can also license different suites of worldwide fonts, including a certified Chinese (PRC) font, delta-hinted screen fonts, stroke-based Asian fonts, the Tiresias Screenfont, the CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television Font Set, and the TV Font Pack. 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 www.bitstream.com. |
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