"The Bitstream Typeface Library was developed under the supervision of
Matthew Carter, the creator of such esteemed typefaces as ITC
Galliard; Snell, Bitstream Charter and Swiss Compressed. Carter, who
also serves as Bitstream's Senior Vice President of Design, set
uncommonly high standards for the company's highly-skilled design
staff. Working from the earliest-generation artwork available, each
character of every typeface is hand-digitized on advanced workstations
specially programmed by Bitstream's engineers. In building the
library, Carter has overseen the licensing of typefaces from such
respected international sources as the International Typeface
Corporation (ITC), Kingsley-ATF Type Corporation, and Fundicion
Tipografica Neufville SA, among others. Bitstream also develops new
and original designs. Many countries provide for the legal protection
of typeface names only, not the designs themselves. This means that
the original names of many typefaces can only be used with a license
from the owner. The majority of Bitstream typefaces in this catalog
have licensed names (on which royalties are paid), or have historical
names that reside in the public domain, or have names to which
Bitstream owns the rights. In these cases, the name is used. When the
original name is not available for use by Bitstream, an alternative
name appears. For example, Swiss 721 is the name that Bitstream uses
for its version of the typeface popularly known as Helvetica? Because
the original name of that typeface is not widely licensed, there are
many offerings of the design with completely different names. It is
important to note that the use of an alternative name has no bearing
on the inherent quality or authenticity of the typeface design."
--from <
https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-27538.html>
Version 2.0 was released on 161 800K floppy disks, with each font
available in 3 formats: Type 1, font suitcase, and AFM. Downloads are
split by format, but in total all 161 disks are present.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
