Bitstream Releases NFC: Volume 1; New Product Release Includes 25 Display and Text Fonts From the New Font Collection's Inaugural Year

Business Wire, March 13, 2002

Richard Hubbard is a 1993 BFA graduate from Pratt Institute with a concentration in computer illustration and graphic design. He began designing type in 1997. Recently, Mr. Hubbard began his own on-line design business, Enrich Design, offering typefaces for sale, as well as graphic and Web design services (www.enrichdesign.com). Based on Hubbard's own hand printing, Richfont Medium is an extremely casual design, actually light in weight and best used at larger display point sizes.

Eduardo Manso continues his assault on typeface design with this release of Rina and Rina Linea. Based on a serif design, Mr. Manso destroys convention by distressing the character shapes. The result is a cutting edge design. He pushes the envelope even further by then creating an outline version. Manso's other Bitstream release, Eroxion, is a popular seller and equally unconventional.

Harry Pears collaborated with Margaret Layson to adapt the script of the Lindisfarne Gospels for reading in a contemporary context, hence the name "Lindisfarne Nova." Born in the town of Quirindi, Australia, typographer Harry Pears moved to Sydney and began a career in the printing industry as a camera operator making color separations. Along the way, Mr. Pears developed an interest in typography and is now principal owner of Typeface Research Pty. Ltd. of Lake Cathie, Australia. Calligrapher Margaret Layson is particularly interested in the history of writing and the changes in scripts and decoration in manuscripts from Roman times to the present day. Ms. Layson's interest in type comes from her love of drawn and carved letterforms used in a calligraphic context.

Kate Peters was born in Southern California. A former punk rock photographer, model, and photo assistant, Ms. Peters began designing type in 1998. When not making fonts, she makes a living as a product stylist. She is founder and owner of Burghal Design, an online type foundry (www.burghal.com). Many of Ms. Peters' typeface designs stretch the boundaries of typical design. SissyBoy is no exception.

About Bitstream

Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R) and Font Fusion(TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream is currently developing ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web.

Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com, Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com.