Bitstream Licenses TrueDoc to Nokia for High-Quality Character Rendering in Set-Top-Box Platform
Bitstream provides Nokia with dynamic font download and rendering solution for Digital TV and Internet font fidelity
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1998-- Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:BITS - news) today announced that Nokia MultiMedia Network Terminals has licensed its TrueDoc 2.5 high-quality font rendering solution. Bitstream's TrueDoc technology will be integrated into Nokia digital television set-top-boxes and interactive terminals to provide high-quality character rendering on low-resolution displays. TrueDoc, the standard font format specification of the Digital Video Audio Council (DAVIC) and the U.K. Digital Terrestrial Group, will deliver full multilingual language support while reducing memory requirement costs. TrueDoc 2.5 will provide Nokia with font fidelity for the viewing of World Wide Web and digital television content.
''Bitstream is pleased that Nokia has selected TrueDoc as its character generation technology,'' said Andy Martin, European Business Development Manager for Bitstream. ''It is an honor to be associated with such a high-quality product that provides leading edge technologies and capabilities at very competitive price points.''
TrueDoc is an extremely compact and efficient font rendering technology designed to deliver high-quality text across multiple platforms. Compatible with all industry-standard font formats, TrueDoc's low memory requirements and low processor overhead are ideal for embedded environments. TrueDoc produces high-quality, well-formed characters regardless of output size. A number of special effects are available from TrueDoc which enhance text quality on all low-resolution displays. Special effects include antialising, gamma correction and color blending to produce output for text and background color combinations. TrueDoc can be integrated into a server/client configuration, conserving bandwidth and memory resources on the client platform. Multiple language support is also provided by TrueDoc, which has the ability to store double-byte data for Japanese, Chinese and Korean typeface designs.
''Bitstream's TrueDoc technology provides us with the flexibility and high-quality we need,'' said Pasi Pohjala, Product Group Manager for the Nokia MultiMedia Network Terminals Division. ''With its limited memory requirements, industry-wide font format compatibility and modular design, Nokia can produce the best implementation for its target markets, maximizing our cost of goods and delivering the best quality to our customers.''
About Nokia
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a broad-scope telecommunications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. With sales in 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion (US $9.8 billion) in 1997. Nokia, listed on NYSE (NOK.A), employs more than 38,000 people worldwide. For further information on Nokia, visit its Web site at www.nokia.com
About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, develops, markets and supports software technologies and applications for the graphics communications industry. Through its Type and Type Technology Division, Bitstream licenses leading text imaging and page layout technologies, such as TrueDoc(R), NuDoc(tm) and Bitstream Jet(tm), to hundreds of independent developers. Through its Archetype Applications Division, Bitstream develops publishing applications, such as its MediaBank(tm) digital asset manager and the InterSep(tm) OPI server. Thousands of corporations, publishers, ad agencies, and prepress houses use these applications. Complementing these products, Bitstream markets and supports an extensive multi-lingual library of over 1,400 typefaces. For more information on Bitstream and its products, please visit the company on the World Wide Web at www.bitstream.com
Bitstream and the Bitstream logo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. TrueDoc is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc. Nokia is a trademark of Nokia Inc. |
