Microsoft and Adobe Systems to Deliver Universal Font Format

New "OpenType" Initiative to Create Definitive Font Standard

Mountain View, Calif., May 6, 1996 -- (Nasdaq: MSFT, ADBE) - Microsoft
Corp. and Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced they are
collaborating on a new universal font format that will combine today's
leading TrueType and Type 1 font technologies. Called "OpenType," the
effort will streamline management of existing fonts and provide a font
format to handle the next generation of type for personal computers and
the Internet. As part of the initiative, Adobe and Microsoft will broadly
cross-license the Type 1 and TrueType font technologies to each other and
make the OpenType specification available to other operating system and
Internet-based vendors. OpenType will include compression technologies
that will ensure efficient, high-quality representation of fonts on the
World Wide Web.

In conjunction with the announcement, the companies will present a proposal
based on the OpenType initiative for a standard mechanism to embed fonts
in HTML documents on the Internet at the Fifth International World Wide
Web conference this week in Paris. This new proposal is intended to
consolidate previous proposals the two companies have been developing with
industry partners.

"OpenType promises to simplify the way customers use today's fonts and set
the stage for significant innovation in the quality of type both on-screen
and in print," said Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft. "We look
forward to collaborating with Adobe to advance type technology still
further, and to making the process of installing and using fonts seamless
for all customers."

"This initiative is great news for users and developers," said John
Warnock, co-founder and CEO of Adobe. "By having both TrueType and Type 1
available in Windows, we're providing customers with the best type
solution whether they're working with print or online documents."

Microsoft expects to incorporate OpenType into future versions of Windows
operating systems. Adobe plans to support OpenType in upcoming releases of
itsgraphics, publishing, dynamic media and Internet products, beginning
with an update to Adobe Acrobat due out later this year. Adobe and
Microsoft are also working together to ensure that OpenType works with all
Adobe PostScript printers and on cooperative type development for the
Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems.

Based in Mountain View, Calif., Adobe Systems Incorporated develops and
supports products to help people express and use information in more
imaginative and meaningful ways, across all print and electronic media.
Founded in 1982, Adobe helped launch the desktop publishing revolution.
Today, the company offers a market-leading line of application software
and type products for creating and distributing visually rich
communication materials; licenses its industry-standard technologies to
major hardware manufacturers, software developers, and service providers;
and offers integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. For
more information, see Adobe's home page at http:// www.adobe.com on the
World Wide Web.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT ) is the worldwide leader in
software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of
products and servicesfor business and personal use, each designed with the
mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take
advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.
 
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