- Bitstream Inc.
Infobox_Company
company_name = Bitstream Inc.
company_type = Public
company_
foundation = 1981
location =Cambridge, Massachusetts ,USA
key_people = Anna M. Chagnon, President and CEO
num_employees = 67 (2007)
industry =Type foundry
products =
homepage = [http://www.bitstream.com/ bitstream.com]Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:BITS) is a
type foundry that produces digitaltypeface s (fonts). Founded in 1981 byMatthew Carter and Mike Parker among others, it claims to be the oldest such company. It is located in Cambridge,Massachusetts .Besides building a library of "classic" fonts (usually under different names for
trademark reasons), Bitstream has developed a number of fonts itself. The Bitstream font collection is most widely used through its inclusion with theCorelDRAW software. Bitstream also created thefreeware Bitstream Vera family of fonts.Another Bitstream product is
Font Fusion , a fontrasterizing engine developed jointly withType Solutions .The company had a high level of involvement in
BeOS , with older BeOS releases using a now-outdated Bitstream renderer, and the latest development releases from 2001 using Font Fusion. The OS, including its freeware releases, included a large number of Bitstream fonts, including their clones ofTimes New Roman ,Helvetica and Courier.One of their best known fonts is Swiss 721 BT, which is a
Helvetica clone with condensed versions and a rounded version that is closer toComic Sans than a Swiss family font. It was among the first digitally available Swiss family typefaces, being designed for that purpose in 1982.On
December 2 ,1998 , Bitstream Inc. announced acquisition of all outstanding stock of Type Solutions, Inc. In addition,Sampo Kaasila , founder and President of Type Solutions, Inc. (and creator ofTrueType font technology), agreed to join Bitstream's team as Director of Research and Development, Type Solutions, to join John Collins, Bitstream's Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, in leading Bitstream's research and development efforts for its type and technology products.ee also
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Bitstream Vera
*Bitstream Cyberbit External links
* [http://www.bitstream.com Bitstream Inc. – Official website]
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