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Bitstream, Apple in long-term font licensing

updated 09:30 am EST, Mon October 29, 2001

 
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Bitstream today announced that Apple has entered into a long-term agreement to license Bitstream fonts. The fonts for Apple are based on Kingsley-ATF Type Corporation designs: "The fonts that Apple licensed have a simple, elegant look and feel, so they are well suited for the Macintosh. Because of our experience working with application and OS developers who need great looking text on screen, we could offer Apple high-quality fonts from our extensive library."


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  1. oranjdisc

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    10/29, 09:46am | report spam | Reply |

    Mmmm....I'll bet...

    ...Apple doesn't really need new typefaces for the operating system. They must be acquiring type for apps like iDVD and iTunes and their "themes."

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    ...or perhaps...

    ...inclusion with the OS itself. Like the beautiful Zapfino for instance. Not all fonts need to be used in the GUI you now...

  1. jodeo

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    I want Aurora!

    I want Bitstream's Aurora type face. I like it!
    (What? You don't CARE about MY desires? [Grunt.] I don't blame you, I guess.)

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    Bitstream

    Bitstream have always seemed to me to be a poor man's Linotype or Adobe.

  1. Kevin J Moran

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    10/29, 10:48am | report spam | Reply |

    Dang...

    I was hoping they would license the low-quality True-Type rip-offs from Microsoft. Mmmm... like Arial? Who needs Helvetica when you got Arial.

    Any-hoo—kudos to Bitstream. Every designer should have at least one BT font floating around incomplete with the missing screen or printer file.

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    Unicode fonts?

    Hey!

    Let's have some more Unicode fonts, like Lucida Grande, with characters for Central European languages, Russian, Greek, etc.

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