- Bitstream Speedo Fonts
Bitstream Speedo, or Speedo, are an obsolete
scalable font format created byBitstream Inc . [http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Speedo&i=51849,00.asp PCmag Speedo Definition] ] Speedo was used in very early versions ofWordPerfect andMicrosoft Windows . [http://www.bitstream.com/fonts/support/speedo_fonts.html Bitstream's Speedo support page] ] Speedo was replaced by more popular font types like Type 1 fonts, Though Speedo is obsolete it is still supported by theX Window System through the speedo module, and mostLinux distribution s have a Speedo font package. [http://www.xfree86.org/current/fonts3.html Fonts included with XFree86 ] ] Speedo fonts have thefile extension ".spd".ee also
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scalable font
*Type 1 and Type 3 fonts References
* [http://www.netsweng.com/~anderson/talks/xclass/fonts.html X Logical Font Description]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=FaceLift&i=42970,00.asp Bitstream FaceLift]
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