The following announcements were made on 3/6/89: SUN LICENSES OPENFONTS TO LEADING TYPE VENDORS AND DESIGN STUDIOS SUN INTRODUCES OPENFONTS, INTELLIGENT, NON-PROPRIETARY FONT TECHNOLOGY *** SUN LICENSES OPENFONTS TO LEADING TYPE VENDORS AND DESIGN STUDIOS MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- March 6, 1989-- Sun Microsystems today reported it has signed licensing agreements with five of the leading type vendors in graphic arts and publishing: Linotype AG, The Monotype Corporation Plc., H. Berthold AG, ITC and the design studio of Bigelow & Holmes. The five vendors will license Sun's just-introduced OpenFonts(TM) technology, thereby making a wide selection of brand-name fonts available to developers and end-users in a non-proprietary intelligent outline description called the F3(TM) format. OpenFonts is a new solution that allows use of the same font on any type of output device, from low to high resolution. It is comprised of TypeMaker(TM) software, which automatically creates intelligent outlines, and TypeScaler(TM) software, for generating bitmaps at any point size, at any resolution. Linotype AG is a leading company in the newspaper, magazine, book publishing and desktop publishing industries. "Their library is synonymous with high quality," said Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun. The entire Linotype library will be converted to F3, using Sun's TypeMaker, beginning with several hundred fonts within the year. It includes well-known typefaces like Times Roman(R) and Helvetica(R). Linotype AG has also obtained the right to sublicense Sun's TypeScaler software to OEMs for inclusion in printer controllers and window servers. The Monotype Corporation will convert the entire Monotype Typeface Library into F3 with TypeMaker. Developed over a period of 90 years, the Monotype library is one of the finest original typeface libraries in the world. It includes such classic and popular faces as Rockwell(R) and Bembo(R). Monotype also acquires the right to sublicense Sun's TypeScaler. Sun Microsystems and H. Berthold AG of Berlin have announced that substantial parts of Berthold's library of typefonts will be available for use on Sun workstations. As part of this cooperation, the firms have reported that the Berthold font format is now one of those accepted by TypeMaker, Sun's automated font processing software. Berthold will license TypeMaker to produce fonts in Sun's F3 format and will make those fonts available to Sun customers. "We are excited by the prospect of being able to offer the Berthold library to our electronic publishing users and applications," said Darryl Barbe, vice president and general manager, Sun Europe. Berhold and Sun expect to finalize agreements that will make the typefonts available in 1989. H. Berthold AG supplies the publishing market with software and hardware for professional typesetting and integrated processing of texts, graphics and images. Berthold's library of typefonts contains both new creations and revivals of classic designs for today's publishing market. ITC (International Typeface Corporation) has licensed its trademarks to Sun to facilitate the conversion of ITC fonts to F3 format. ITC has been a leader in bringing a wide variety of typefaces to publishing and printing markets. Bigelow & Holmes will be converting its library of fonts to the F3 format using Sun's TypeMaker software. Bigelow & Holmes is the designer of the Lucida typeface family the first faces designed specifically for output on laser printers. Lucida also broke new ground as the first set of serif, sans serif and monospaced faces designed to work harmoniously on a page. Sun Microsystems, Inc., is one of the world's leading suppliers of network-based distributed computing systems, including professional workstations, servers, and UNIX operating system and productivity software. ### *** SUN INTRODUCES OPENFONTS, INTELLIGENT, NON-PROPRIETARY FONT TECHNOLOGY Will Make Scalable Fonts Widely Available MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 6, 1989-- Sun Microsystems today introduced OpenFonts(TM) technology, which creates fonts that can be used on any raster device, from screens to typesetters. Before now, those who needed scalable fonts were tied to the proprietary technology of specific vendors. However, OpenFonts will be supported by multiple type suppliers, making scalable fonts widely available. To this end, Sun also announced today that it has licensed OpenFonts to a number of leading type vendors and design studios, including Linotype, Monotype, Berthold and Bigelow & Holmes. Sun expects that within a year, more than 700 brand-name typefaces will be available to end-users and developers, among them Palatino(R), Helvetica(R) and Times Roman(R) from Linotype and Monotype's Bembo(R), Gill Sans(R) and Rockwell(R). OpenFonts is based on technology Sun acquired in September 1988. At the heart of this technology is an open, intelligent outline font description called the F3(TM) format. OpenFonts is comprised of two software tools that reduce or eliminate the need for manual labor in the production of intelligent outlines. TypeMaker(TM) software automatically creates F3 fonts, while TypeScaler(TM) software generates bitmaps for screen, printer and imagesetter at any point size or resolution and in any orientation. With OpenFonts, type vendors now have an inexpensive, unrestricted tool to rapidly bring new fonts to market. This technology will therefore enable end-users to pick freely from a vastly expanded range of font choices, while developers can easily incorporate intelligent font technology into their systems, applications and devices. Standard Type Format Needed Leading type vendors are reporting that OpenFonts should have a great impact on the industry. "This is an important development in printing technology," said Rene Kerfante, director of typography for Monotype. OpenFonts solves several of today's problems: a limited choice of fonts in many incompatible formats and substantial barriers to entry for type suppliers. Intelligent outline fonts contain not only information about the character shapes but also "hints" that describe how the character should be rendered at small sizes and low resolutions. While character shape information exists in the libraries of many font suppliers, hints must be individually created from scratch for each typeface. The usual method of generating this information involves from two to six man-weeks of highly trained labor. Additional specialized labor is needed beyond the generation of the hints before intelligent outline fonts can be marketed. The reason is that, in spite of the hints, the characters produced from intelligent outlines at screen resolutions are seldom acceptable. Bitmap fonts that match the outlines must therefore be produced -- in a largely manual process -- and distributed with the intelligent outline fonts for screen use. As a result, of the tens of thousands of commercially available typefaces, only a few hundred are available in any one intelligent outline format. OpenFonts licensees expect their costs of producing fonts to dramatically decrease. This will enable them to create hundreds of typefaces in the F3 format within a year, they report. Linotype and Monotype intend to offer their entire font libraries in F3 format in the future. "We believe that our alliance with Sun will strengthen our position to market the Linotype Library for new emerging publishing technologies," said Dr. Wolfgang Kummer, chairman of Linotype. As part of its licensing agreements, Sun will provide a limited number of fonts with its workstations. This includes all 35 of the typefaces in Apple's LaserWriter printer, most of which are trademarked typefaces from Linotype and International Typeface Corp. (ITC). In addition, Sun will add a selection of typefaces from Monotype and Bigelow & Holmes. According to Roger Black, president of Roger Black Inc. and a world-famous publication designer, "The availability of a much larger variety of type on off-the-shelf platforms should also have a major impact on the number of designers using computers. Lack of type has been the number one excuse." Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX operating system and productivity software. ### Press contact: Cindee Mock 336-3563