NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) Q.Type 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112 Ph.303.761.4262 Fax.303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email: brahm@alembic.com Q.Type ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF URW Software & Type GmbH TypeWorks FONTS COLLECTION ON CD-ROMs FOR NEXTSTEP COMPUTERS ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, May 8, 1994 -- Q.Type today announced the availability of URW TypeWorks CD-ROM Vol. 1 and 2 for NEXTSTEP market. Each URW TypeWorks CD-ROM for NEXTSTEP Volume is an advanced typographic resource comprised of 3,000 ultra-high quality PostScript Type 1 fonts for Macintosh and NEXTSTEP at one price. It also includes Kernus, the industry's most sophisticated tool for precision letterspacing and kerning. The URW TypeWorks Collection is supplied completely unlocked on a CD-ROM in both Macintosh and NEXTSTEP PostScript Type 1 formats. All fonts and software are available for instant access. Installation on NEXTSTEP computers is made easy by using our TypefaceInstaller application that is included with each CD-ROM. The URW TypeWorks Collection offers an entirely new approach to professional typography for the microcomputer. URW has chosen 500 typefaces per volume from its extensive database. These 500 most often specified fonts comprise URW's International Best-Seller List of Typefaces and include the classics and some of the most popular contemporary designs licensed from sources like The International Typeface Corporation and Letraset. URW's typeface library deserves a special note of attention because of its authenticity. Its library has been built by some of the world's most pre-eminent typeface designers. Contributions to the URW typeface library include commissioned works by Peter Becker, Charles Bigelow, Frank Blokland, Sigrid Engelmann, Chris Holmes, Mark Jamra, Helga Jorgensen, Andrew Newton, Albert-Jan Pool, Gerard Unger, Jovica Veljovic, Kurt Weidemann, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse and Hermann Zapf. Utilizing the highly sophisticated IKARUS(R) software developed by Dr. Peter Karow, URW's expert design, engineering and production staff has crafted a complementary suite of 5 unique design variations for each of the 500 master typefaces. Each true-cut design is supplied with an outline, inline, relief and drop-shadow version. Every TypeWorks font is enhanced by URW's extensive application of 1,000 unique kerning pairs. Kernus, also supplied as integral part of the TypeWorks Collection is a precision kerning tool which automatically generates up to 1,000 unique kerning pairs, in under 30 seconds, for any PostScript font, on an individual point size basis. Installation of the TypeWorks collection on NEXTSTEP computers is simplified with the availability of Q.Type's TypefaceInstaller application included with each CD-ROM volume. The URW TypeWorks Collection is an invaluable tool for the graphic design and prepress industry, or quite simply, anyone that has a need to compose great looking type. Pricing Information: URW TypeWorks Vol. 1$1,499/printer or output device URW TypeWorks Vol. 2$1,499/printer or output device Multiple printer pricing discounts are available as follows: No. of PrintersDiscount < 20% 3 - 55% 6 - 910% 10 - 1915% > 2020% System Requirements: - Any computer running NEXTSTEP OS. - 500MB hard disk space for each font collection volume. Each TypeWorks CD-ROM volume package contains: - (1) NEXTSTEP-formatted PostScript Type 1 font CD-ROM - (1) Macintosh-formatted PostScript Type 1 font CD-ROM - Kernus, automatic font kerning creation application for Macintosh - Q.Type TypefaceInstaller, an easy-to-use NEXTSTEP font installer - 1,000 page typeface specimen book Availability: -TypeWorks Vol. 1.1May 15, 1994 -TypeWorks Vol. 2June 15, 1994 For more information on URW TypeWorks collections, please contact: Q.Type Attn: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Ph.303.799.4262 Fax.303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email.Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com Also available from: Alembic Systems International (800.452.7608 or 303.799.6223) Q.Type is a privately held company that distributes high-quality typefaces to NEXTSTEP community from various different foundries and produces its own unique Macintosh and NEXTSTEP typefaces. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Inc. URW TypeWorks is a registered trademark of URW Software and Type GmbH. TypefaceInstaller is a registered trademark of Q.Type. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems.