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2003-01-22 Steve Fox <drfickle@k-lug.org> * press/pr-bitstreamfonts.html Minor formatting change to announcement, to make date more visible.
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<title>The GNOME Foundation: Bitstream Inc. donates fonts</title>
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<h3 align="center">GNOME FOUNDATION AND BITSTREAM INC. ANNOUNCE
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LONG-TERM AGREEMENT TO BRING HIGH QUALITY FONTS TO FREE SOFTWARE</h3>
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<p><b>Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license
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agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source
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software developers and users.</b></p>
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Press Contact:
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Leslie Proctor
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GNOME Foundation
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(801)446-4638
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proctors@pacbell.net
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Bob Thomas
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Director of Product Management
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Bitstream Inc.
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(617)520-8376
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bthomas@bitstream.com
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NEW YORK, New York January 22, 2003
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In a move to fill the last remaining gap in font display
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capabilities for open source software, the GNOME
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Foundation has reached an agreement with Bitstream
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(NASDAQ: BITS) to release fonts under an open source
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license. A total of ten serif, sans serif and
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monospaced fonts will be released under a special open
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source license, after they have been adapted to meet
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the requirements for technical use. The set of ten
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fonts will bring advanced font capabilities to all
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developers and users of free and open source software.
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"The donation of these fonts to the free software
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community is the final piece that will give full
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functionality to projects like Freetype, XFT2 and X
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Render extensions of the XFree86 project, Pango, KDE
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and Trolltechs QT, among many others." said Jim
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Gettys of HP and GNOME Foundation board member.
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"These fonts will be available to all developers and
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users, giving GNOME and other open source programs a
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great look right out of the box that has been lacking
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until now."
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The Bitstream Vera fonts will be available for free
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copying and redistribution and can be modified as long
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as the font name is changed. The fonts cannot be
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packaged by themselves for sale, but can be sold with
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any software. The GNOME Foundation will incorporate
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the fonts into future GNOME releases, giving end users
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of all levels, as well as GNOME developers, the
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advanced display capabilities they offer.
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"Bitstream has had a long relationship with the
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developer community," explained Bob Thomas, director
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of product management, Bitstream. "Were very happy to
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contribute these fonts to the open source community
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and we hope that developers will generate new fonts
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and continue to enhance the experience of end-users at
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all levels."
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"GNOME was created to give free software users a
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friendly, powerful desktop environment," said Miguel
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de Icaza, GNOME Foundation president and CTO of
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Ximian, Inc. "This agreement with Bitstream will
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enhance the experience and graphics capabilities of
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corporate, enterprise, educational, governmental and
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individual GNOME users and will give powerful tools to
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open source developers everywhere."
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"Bitstream's generous donation is a tangible measure
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of the importance and growth of open source," said
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Russ Nelson, VP of the Open Source Initiative. "I
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praise the GNOME Foundations efforts to bring this
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agreement into being."
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The agreement between Bitstream and the GNOME
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Foundation will bring invaluable tools to open source
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developers and users worldwide.
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URLs of Organizations Listed in this Press Release
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Bitstream: http://www.bitstream.com
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GNOME: http://www.gnome.org
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Freetype: http://www.freetype.org
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KDE: http://www.kde.org
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Open Source Initiative: http://www.opensource.org
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Pango: http://www.pango.org
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Trolltech: http://www.trolltech.com
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XFree86: http://www.xfree86.org
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About GNOME
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GNOME is a free software project that is developing a
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complete, easy to use desktop for GNU/Linux (more
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commonly known as Linux), BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and a
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variety of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
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The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people
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around the world. More than 700 computer developers,
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including over 100 full-time, paid developers,
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contribute their time and effort to the project.
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About the GNOME Foundation
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Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and
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industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an
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organization committed to supporting the advancement
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of GNOME. The Foundation provides organizational,
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financial and legal support to the GNOME project and
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helps determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME is an
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entirely free user environment for desktops, networked
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servers and portable Internet devices. The modern
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architecture and design of GNOME includes a
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technically advanced application development platform
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and a powerful end-user desktop environment. Major
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leading software industry and computer manufacturers
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support the GNOME development effort, which is led by
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a worldwide community of volunteers. More information
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on GNOME is available at www.gnome.org.
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About Bitstream
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Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer
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of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font
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designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc<6F>
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and Font Fusion technologies to Web and application
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developers, and to manufacturers of information
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appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top
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boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the
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standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream
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holds numerous key patents in the U.S. that cover the
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creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building
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on this experience, Bitstream has released
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ThunderHawk, a breakthrough technology for the
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wireless Web.
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# # #
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Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and
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Font Fusion, MyFonts.com, ThunderHawk, and Vera are
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trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and
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brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
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their respective companies.
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Schnapper-Casteras</a> and <a href="mailto:bart@eazel.com">Bart Decrem</a>.</font></center>
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