Forte is a
script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
* Script (styles of handwriting)
** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of ha ...
typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are thousands ...
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.
[Microsoft Typography - Forte](_blank)
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Unicode
Forte has characters in the following Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, ...
ranges:Microsoft Typography - Forte - Version 1.60
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References
External links
Identifont - Forte
Fonts In Use
See also
* Typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are thousands ...
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1962
Microsoft typefaces
Script typefaces
Display typefaces
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