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Press Release

Palo Alto, California. November 1993.  Kappa Type Inc. announces
the imminent release of its first line of typographic products:
Postscript Fonts for Latin-script Eastern European languages on
the PC/Windows platform.  Aiming to meet even the high
typographic standards of book typesetting, the fonts are all
based on well known typefaces licensed from Monotype Typography.
Each font package provides a complete solution to setting type
in any of the following languages: Croatian, Czech, Hungarian,
Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, and Sorbian, in addition to
English and German. The fonts' character set conforms to the
Windows 3.1 standard set for Eastern Europe: Code Page 1250
(CP1250). As a first in the industry, each font comes with a
full complement of kerning pairs for all the languages listed
above. To further ensure good rendition even on lower-resolution
output devices, the fonts are fully hinted. Text entry is
intuitively simple with any of the fifteen software keyboard
layouts provided with each package. Easy to install, the
keyboard layouts make it completely unnecessary to resort to
numeric Alt sequences for any special characters.  Since their
format is Postscript Type 1, all the fonts require the use of
Adobe Type Manager (ATM). However, since they have no unusual
requirements, any standard Type 1-enabled Windows word processor
such as Write, MS Word, WordPerfect, or AmiPro can be used.
A comprehensive 48-page User's Guide covers the gamut of issues
which could arise in regards to the fonts. Among the many useful
sections are: the CP1250 character set, kerning, keyboard
installation & use, keyboard illustrations, glossary, question & answer.

The first two fonts to be released in the CP1250 series are
Arial and Times New Roman, to be followed shortly by Bembo, Gill
Sans, and Typewriter Gothic.

Started in early 1993, Kappa Type Inc. is a new company aiming
to provide the lesser served languages with high-quality fonts.
Using only legally licensed typefaces, Kappa Type offers
complete solutions which combine typographic excellence,
language know-how, and software expertise. Its products aim to
satisfy the full range of typographic usage from high-end books
and journals to office memos. Following the introduction of the
first product line for Eastern European languages on Windows
3.1, Kappa Type will expand its range to other languages and
computer platforms.

Starting in mid-November 1993, Kappa Type's products will be
available from Precision Type in USA & Canada, and from
FontShop in USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, and UK. The following
countries will soon follow: Austria, Benelux, France, Switzerland.

For further information, please contact:

Kappa Type Inc.
P.O. Box 1652
Palo Alto
California 94302 USA
Tel +1 (415) 322 0135
Fax +1 (415) 326 8844
E-mail: kamal@netcom.com