WebEx Licenses Font Fusion and TrueDoc from Bitstream for WebEx Meetings; WebEx Integrates Font Fusion and TrueDoc Into WebEx Interactive Platform.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 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 WebEx Communications, Inc., the company that powers real time meetings on the Web, 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 next generation font rasterizing rasterizing - rasterising engine, and to license the TrueDoc(R) recorder, Bitstream's solution for providing portable fonts in applications and over the Internet. This new agreement extends WebEx's ability to provide the most complete and flexible real time communications Instantaneous transmission. There is little or no network latency when transmitting in real time. See real time. services to its customers and partners, including rendering the fonts users want during Web meetings and presentations. WebEx provides real-time, interactive multimedia communications services that meeting-enable the Web sites of its customers and partners. These services let users conduct meetings and share software applications, documents, presentations and other content on the Internet using a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . WebEx's services are delivered using its globally distributed network and scalable platform, ensuring predictability, reliability and security. WebEx's powerful features make it possible to instantly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a wide range of activities including sales, marketing, training, and support. 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. Font Fusion provides developers with full font fidelity and high-quality typographic See typography. 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. "In this day and age, collaboration is very important. People often have to work on a project together, but from remote locations. WebEx has been very successful in this regard," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "By integrating our Font Fusion and TrueDoc products, WebEx will now allow everyone participating in WebEx meetings to dynamically display the correct text live, in real time, during interactive Web meetings. And because our text rendering engines are fast, customers won't have to wait to see the correct text in their Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to know that a well-known Internet communications infrastructure company like WebEx will include our technology." "Bitstream is the recognized leader in font technology", said Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Jolicoeur, Vice President, Product Marketing, for WebEx. "Incorporating Bitstream's Font Fusion and TrueDoc products into our interactive communications platform will enable WebEx to offer our customers and partners fast, accurate text rendering during their WebEx meetings." 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 WebEx Founded in 1996, WebEx is the leader in real-time communications infrastructure for Web meetings. WebEx's interactive multimedia services meeting-enable the Web sites of customers and partners. End-users access these interactive services through the co-branded Web sites of our customers and partners as well as at www.webex.com. WebEx's services enable end-users to share content and applications spontaneously in a seamless environment with integrated audio, voice and video. Please call toll free 877-932-3911 or visit http://www.webex.com for more information. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that the WebEx services make it possible to instantly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a wide range of activities including sales, marketing, training, and support. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the failure of customers to adopt the WebEx service or integrate it successfully in their businesses practice. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx Communications, Inc. are more fully set forth in the Risk Factors section of WebEx Communications, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2000. WebEx Communications, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release. 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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