Forte_(typeface)

Forte (typeface)

Forte (typeface)

Script typeface

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.[citation needed]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Microsoft Typography - Forte
  2. [2]
    Adobe - Forte™ Std Regular
  3. [3]
    Microsoft Typography - Forte - Version 1.60

See also


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