Forte (typeface)
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| Category | Serif |
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| Classification | Calligraphy |
| Designer(s) | Carl Reissberger |
| Foundry | Monotype Corporation |
| Date created | 1962 |
Forte is a serif typeface designed by Austrian commercial artist Carl Reissberger in 1962 for the Monotype Corporation.
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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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