| Bitstream and Lycoris: Taking Linux fonts to the desktop |
Jun. 15, 2004
Does your job require you to create designs or documents with special fonts? Ever wonder what anti-aliasing fonts or hinting really means? Fonts can improve readability for computer users and are important as elements of style and design. Users of Apple and Windows operating systems have long had a large number of fonts on their systems. Today, Linux is gaining both enhanced font technologies and access to large font foundries as the first independent digital foundry, Bitstream, is working to make sure that users of open source have the same rich text experience as those using other OSes.
Desktop Linux maker Lycoris has teamed up with Bitstream with a series of joint initiatives that seek to make font and readability issues a priority for Linux users. By licensing Bitstream's btX2 font rendering engine for its entire product line, Lycoris is aiming to ensure that its customers sit up and take notice of an area gaining interest for users and operating system makers alike. Lycoris's efforts to delivering a richer experience are not limited to users of its own Linux distributions, however. The Maple Valley, WA-based company is also raising awareness of the increasing number of Linux compatible fonts, and is making them available to users of all Linux desktops, as well as to Mac OS X and Windows users.
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