Forte (typeface)

Forte

Category	Script
Classification	Calligraphy
Designer(s)	Carl Reissberger
Foundry	Monotype
Date created	1962
Glyphs	253

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

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

External links

• Identifont - Forte
• Fonts In Use

See also

• Typeface