Forte (typeface)

Forte
CategoryScript
ClassificationCalligraphy
Designer(s)Carl Reissberger
FoundryMonotype
Date created1962
Glyphs253

Forte is a script typeface designed by Austrian commercial artist Carl Reissberger on May 8, 1962, for the Monotype Corporation. It started in Windows Vista and ended in 8.1.

Design

The idea for the script face came from the study of plants, individual letterforms being inspired by the long stems and furry heads of the reed.[1] It is intended to give a contrast to sans-serif and classical modern types.[1] Adobe suggests the optimal viewing size to 18.0 points.[2]

Unicode

Forte has characters in the following Unicode ranges:[3]

Block Glyphs
Basic Latin 95
Latin-1 Supplement 95
Latin Extended-A 6
Latin Extended-B 1

References

  1. ^ a b Microsoft Typography - Forte
  2. ^ Adobe - Forte™ Std Regular
  3. ^ Microsoft Typography - Forte - Version 1.60

See also


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