HD-DVD font sets announced

Ascender Corp have announced a set of fonts that will be available to users of Microsoft's HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart Package. The Microsoft HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart Package contains software and utilities to simulate, test and debug HD DVD applications.

Unlike normal DVD, which used bitmap fonts, HD DVD allows scalable fonts to be included on the disc to generate text with the highest quality resolution.

The eight fonts/families are as follows:



The font license with the Microsoft HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart Package allows authors to use the fonts ‘as is’ with a title, and not to make any modifications to the fonts. Ascender's team of type designers and font software engineers can develop enhancements to the fonts, such as additional character sets, language support or other font styles if desired. Ascender also offers HD DVD authors an extensive collection of additional fonts and styles in the OpenType font format to select from.

Ascender will also be releasing enhanced “Pro” versions of these fonts with comprehensive character sets for consumers and creative professionals to download. More information on Ascender's fonts for HD DVD can be found here.

Details on Microsoft's HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart Package can be found here.