Bitstream releases Font Fusion 3.2


Bitstream Releases the Latest Update to Its Leading Font Rendering Solution for Small Embedded Systems; Font Fusion 3.2 Optimizes Performance for Mobile Handsets and Consumer Electronics Devices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2006--Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today the release of Font Fusion(R) 3.2. This release is the latest update to Bitstream's Font Fusion technology, the company's smallest, most advanced font rasterizing engine, and the fastest font engine on the market today.
The release of Font Fusion 3.2 includes updates designed to conserve memory and reduce performance requirements, resulting in ROM and RAM savings. The product has been optimized for small embedded systems, such as mobile handsets. Some specific improvements include:
-- improved algorithms for compressed fonts
-- less heap memory usage
-- optimized heap usage with fewer memory blocks
-- reduced cache fragmentation
"This Font Fusion release builds on our major 3.0 upgrade and 3.1 release of the product. With Font Fusion 3.2, we continue to make improvements designed for the mobile handset, smartphone and cell phone markets. This release includes new features designed to meet the challenges these devices present due to restrictions on CPU speed and RAM. Font Fusion remains the font rendering engine of choice for worldwide developers who need a small, fast font engine capable of displaying high-quality text," stated Anna Chagnon, President and CEO of Bitstream.
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 Developers' Kit), Font Fusion renders a wide variety of industry-standard and compact font formats: OpenType, TrueType, Type 1, CFF/Type2, T2K(R) Latin, T2K Asian, TrueDoc(R) PFR (portable font resource), Bitstream Speedo(R), Font Fusion stroke (FFS), 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 Font Set, and the TV Font Pack.

Posted: Thu - April 27, 2006 at 07:03 AM           |

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