Forte (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.
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| Category | Script |
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| Classification | Calligraphy |
| Designer(s) | Carl Reissberger |
| Foundry | Monotype |
| Date created | May 8, 1962 |
| Glyphs | 253 |
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 |
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| Basic Latin | 95 |
| Latin-1 Supplement | 95 |
| Latin Extended-A | 6 |
| Latin Extended-B | 1 |
References
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See also
- Typeface
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