Ascender Announces Closed Captioning TV Fonts

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Ascender Corporation announced the release of its first set of digital TV fonts for closed captioning - here's the press release. The Ascender TV Font Collection includes fonts that meet the EIA-708-B standard for Digital TV Closed Captioning (DTVCC). The fonts are available in the non-proprietary TrueType or OpenType formats.

The fonts in the collection address the following seven font styles as mandated by the FCC:

  • Monospace Serif – Courier New CC
  • Proportional Serif – Georgia® CC
  • Monospace Sans Serif – Lucida® Console CC
  • Proportional Sans Serif – Verdana® CC
  • Casual – Comic Sans® CC
  • Cursive – Corsiva® CC
  • Small Capitals – Tahoma® Small Cap CC

- Andy