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SUN AND CONTEXT SIGN AGREEMENT FOR OPEN FONTS AND WINDOWING TECHNOLOGIES
 
 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- September 20, 1989--  Sun Microsystems has
signed a technology licensing agreement with the Context division of
Mentor Graphics, allowing Context to incorporate portions of Sun's
OpenFonts(TM) with X11/NeWS(TM) technologies into
future electronic publishing software products. 
  
OpenFonts was the first openly available technology that allows use of
the same font on any type of output device, from low to high
resolution.  OpenFonts consists of TypeScaler(TM) and
TypeMaker(TM) software.  Context will receive TypeScaler, for
generating bitmaps at any point size or resolution, and a set of ten
Lucida typefaces in Sun's F3(TM) format.  F3 is an
intelligent outline format produced using Sun's TypeMaker.
 
X11/NeWS is Sun's windowing system that combines the performance and
PostScript(TM) graphics capability of NeWS with the ability to
run the large installed applications base of X Window System, Release
11 as well as SunView(TM) applications.  At a base technology
level, X11/NeWS will provide a new graphics dimension to Context
Division's electronic publishing software.
 
According to Mike Sheridan, business development manager for printing
and typography at Sun, "Combining our technology with Context's
advanced software creates one of the most powerful, full-function
electronic publishing solutions for large networked environments."
 
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.
 
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OpenFonts, X11/NeWS, TypeMaker, TypeScaler and F3 are trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc.  X Window System is a product of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.  UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.  All
other products or services mentioned in this document are identified by
the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or
organizations.

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