Bitstream Speedo Fonts
Bitstream Speedo, or Speedo, is an obsolete scalable font format created by Bitstream Inc.[https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Speedo&i=51849,00.asp PCmag Speedo Definition] Speedo was used on Atari ST, Falcon, in the XyWrite word processor, and in very early versions of WordPerfect and Microsoft Windows.{{cite web|title=Support: Bitstream Speedo Fonts|url=http://www.bitstream.com:80/fonts/support/speedo_fonts.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108153822/http://www.bitstream.com/fonts/support/speedo_fonts.html|archivedate=8 November 2009|url-status=dead}} Speedo was replaced by more popular font types like Type 1 fonts. Before Speedo was considered obsolete it was supported by the X Window System through the speedo module, and most Linux distributions had a Speedo font package, but support was removed from X in the X11R7.0 release in 2005.[http://www.x.org/wiki/DeprecatedInX11R7/ X.Org: Deprecated in X11R7] Speedo fonts have the file extension .spd.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160513194249/http://www.netsweng.com/~anderson/talks/xclass/fonts.html X Logical Font Description]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330123919/http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=FaceLift&i=42970,00.asp Bitstream FaceLift]
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