Adobe Systems Signs Distribution Agreement with Precision Type Inc.

TypeOnSite Distribution System Provides Immediate Access to Adobe Type
Library

Mountain View, Calif. (September 26, 1995)--(Nasdaq:ADBE) -- Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with
Precision Type Inc. for distribution of the Adobe Type Library. Precision
Type's proprietary TypeOnSite encrypted CD-ROM-based manufacturing system
will allow authorized TypeOnSite software retailers and resellers
throughout the United States and Europe to produce any face on-demand,
offering their customers immediate availability of any of Adobe's Type 1
fonts. The Adobe Type Library will be available on Version 5.0 of
TypeOnSite which is expected to ship in October 1995. For more information
on TypeOnSite, customers can call Precision Type at 1-800-248-3668.

"This agreement offers a unique opportunity to broaden the distribution of
our library and provides resellers instant access to our entire library
without having to stock an abundance of typeface packages," said Brian
Heuckroth, senior product marketing manager for Adobe type products. "The
TypeOnSite distribution system also assures the immediate availability of
any typeface in the Adobe Type Library for our customers."

Type On-Demand

TypeOnSite Version 5.0 will offer a secure distribution system for software
retailers wanting to produce an individual face or whole typeface family
from the Adobe Type Library on-demand for their customers. TypeOnSite will
allow them to produce the more than 390 packages in the library without
having to stock individual typeface packages. Adobe fonts purchased from a
TypeOnSite distributor will be packaged under the Precision Type name.

The Adobe Type Library currently offers more than 2,000 Type 1 fonts,
including original and licensed designs, and a variety of text, display,
headline, script, picture and foreign fonts for the Windows, Macintosh and
UNIX platforms.

Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain
View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software
products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and
communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to
major computer, printing and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of
applications software and type products for authoring visually rich
documents. Additionally, the company markets a line of powerful, but easy
to use, products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries
in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and
distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million.

Precision Type Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Commack, NY.
Precision Type is a leading international distributor of font software and
related products to the professional design market with authorized
TypeOnSite locations. The company also publishes The Precision Type Font
Reference Guide which is regarded by many as the standard industry
resource for font software.
 
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