-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 627 F3 FONTS NOW AVAILABLE SunFLASH Vol 15 #1 March 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER JUST A YEAR, SUN'S FONT SELECTION EXCEEDS ALL OTHER INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS; 627 F3 FONTS NOW AVAILABLE New TypeScaler Software Now Faster, Has Less Code MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 5, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today announced that 627 F3(TM) format fonts are available to Sun workstation users. Sun's font technology, called OpenFonts(TM), was introduced just one year ago and licensed to major type houses such as Linotype, Monotype, Bigelow & Holmes and others. OpenFonts now has a selection of high-quality, compatible fonts exceeding that of the industry's leading font suppliers, making good on Sun's promise to rapidly expand its supply of fonts. At the heart of OpenFonts is F3, an open, intelligent outline font description. These fonts are automatically created with Sun's TypeMaker(TM) software, then generated as bitmaps for any raster device -- from computer screens to typesetters -- at any resolution by TypeScaler(TM) software. OpenFonts includes such inexpensive, easy-to-use tools that more F3 fonts have been created in a year than major font suppliers have been able to produce in several years of using PostScript tools. According to Wayne Rosing, vice president of Sun's Desktop Systems and Graphics Group, "The confusion in the font arena over Adobe versus Apple/Microsoft means that users no longer have a clear choice. However, the large selection of high-quality fonts from leading suppliers available through OpenFonts means there is now a simple, low-cost solution." Performance Improvements Sun also unveiled its latest release of TypeScaler software, which generates bitmaps 30 percent faster than the previous version. There is also significantly less code in this new release, making it as small or smaller than competing products and reducing system memory demands. These new developments make TypeScaler software and F3 format fonts an attractive alternative to Adobe's TypeManager product or Apple's Royal font format. Additional Companies License OpenFonts Island Graphics of San Rafael, Calif., will incorporate TypeScaler and F3 fonts into its new office publishing software packages, IslandWrite, IslandPaint and IslandDraw. Island plans to offer versions of this software, known as the Island Office Series, for workstations made by Sun and Hewlett-Packard. "We selected Sun's font scaling technology because it gives us the best character shapes at intermediate sizes over the wide range of graphics displays that the X Window System supports," stated Paul Remer, vice president of Island Graphics. Autologic, Inc., of Thousand Oaks, Calif., also announced its plans to produce 200 faces from its font library in Sun's F3 font format. The Autologic library is comprised of 1,500 typefaces, including special-purpose fonts like Hebrew and Arabic scripts. URW Unternehmensberatung of Hamburg, Germany, an official partner of International Typeface Corporation, is scheduled to produce 140 ITC-trademarked faces using the F3 format by the end of 1990. The company will also offer F3 fonts for the rapidly developing Eastern European market. "There should be well over 1,000 F3 fonts available within 10 months," Rosing said. OpenFonts Part of OpenWindows OpenFonts -- which consists of the F3 font format, TypeScaler and TypeMaker -- is part of Sun's OpenWindows(TM) application environment, Sun's next-generation solution for bringing ease of use to UNIX(R). OpenWindows also includes the intuitive OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user inteface, the XView(TM) toolkit -- used to develop OPEN LOOK applications -- and the X11/NeWS window system. Software developers using OpenWindows can create applications that utilize F3 fonts. Users of Sun workstations can also get OpenFonts as part of OpenWindows. While 57 resident fonts are included in OpenWindows, developers and end users can acquire many more at low cost from type suppliers. F3 format fonts can be used in any F3-compatible environment, such as OpenWindows and versions of AT&T's new UNIX System V Release 4 that contain OpenWindows. Since OpenFonts is fully licensable, F3 fonts are also available in products that incorporate Sun's TypeScaler software, such as Frame Technology's FrameMaker 2.0 or ScriptWorks from Harlequin Ltd. 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. ### F3, TypeMaker, TypeScaler, OpenFonts, XView and OpenWindows are trademarks and X11/NeWS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems. OPEN LOOK is a trademark of AT&T. 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. Press Contact: Cindee Mock (415) 336-3563 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunflash is an electronic mail news service from Sun Microsystems, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Please address comments to John McLaughlin (sun!sunvice!johnj or johnj@sunvice.sun.COM). (305) 776-7770.