CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Sept. 24, 2002--Bitstream Inc., the first digital font foundry, today announced that it has released Type Odyssey 2, a high-end typeface collection with more than 1,450 fonts. Type Odyssey 2 includes award-winning typefaces from many of today's most innovative designers and foundries. Starting where Type Odyssey left off, Bitstream has added more than 450 new designs from 36 contributors, including 22 new typeface designers. This world-class compilation includes the Bitstream Typeface Library, the Bitstream New Font Collection, and the very latest designs from respected foundries and designers worldwide. Type Odyssey 2 is a completely unlocked CD-ROM. All the fonts are high-quality, professionally designed typefaces. The fonts are available in both PostScript and TrueType formats for either the Macintosh or Windows platform. Type Odyssey 2 is available for new purchases and also for upgrades from the previously released Type Odyssey: Online: http://store.bitstream.com Phone: 800/522-3668 (U.S. only) or 617/497-6222 Fax: 617/868-0784 E-mail: [email protected] "This is Bitstream's second collaborative effort in putting together a top-of-the-line typeface collection. Type Odyssey 2 has really evolved since the initial release of Type Odyssey. We have expanded the previous product to include new font families and the award-winning designs of Nicolai Gogoll, Jim Parkinson, and Ronna Penner," said Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development at Bitstream, and designer of a variety of fonts, including the Prima font family. "With Type Odyssey 2, we wanted to build on the number and variety of contemporary designs we previously offered. It made sense to go to the leading designers in the industry today. This is a great collection for any high-end publisher and graphic designer." These 20 independent foundries and designers contributed to Type Odyssey 2: -- Aboutype -- Altered Ego Fonts -- Astigmatic One Eye -- Calligraphics -- Dalton Maag -- Delve Withrington -- The Dingbatcave -- Font Diner -- Galapagos Design Group -- Jack Yan and Associates -- Moonlight Type and Technology -- MunchFonts -- P22 Type Foundry -- Parkinson Type Design -- Presence Typo -- Royal National Institute of the Blind -- Shinn Type -- Tail Spin Studio -- Typerbole -- Typodermic Type Odyssey 2 also includes releases from the Bitstream New Font Collection (NFC). These NFC designers have contributed to Type Odyssey 2: -- Brian Bonislawsky -- Nick Curtis -- John Downer -- Tony Fahy -- Charles Gibbons -- Nicolai Gogoll -- Holly Goldsmith -- Richard Hubbard -- Julien Janiszewski -- Margaret Layson -- Eduardo Manso -- Masoud Nejabati -- Harry Pears -- Ronna Penner -- Kate Peters -- Mary Trafton About Bitstream Bitstream is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc and Font Fusion technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream has released ThunderHawk, a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web.