Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Saffron Type System
open-in-new
<p>The Saffron Type System is a system for rendering high-quality <a href="/facts/Outline_font/G8w72cFp">scalable type</a> on digital displays. It was developed by <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_Electric_Research_Laboratories/YkLHE2JP">Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories</a>, and is built on a core of adaptively-sampled distance field (ADF) technology. Saffron has been licensed to Adobe and Monotype and is shipping in numerous products such as the <a href="/facts/Adobe_Flash_Player/IvnaoU7v">Adobe Flash Player</a> and Amazon Kindle. Saffron has been implemented in both software and hardware. </p>