Forte Font Description
Forte Font is a stylish sans-serif typeface designed by Austrian commercial artist and trained compositor Carl Reissberger in 1962. Published through Monotype Corporation, it gained popularity and was introduced to Windows operating systems with the release of Office 97 in 1996.
Features
The Forte Font family features legible characters, bold letters, thick strokes, and readable text styles. It is a handwritten typeface with 253 glyphs, 128 defined characters, and stylistic ligatures.
Its attractive and unique appearance has made it a preferred choice for various products, including Access 97 SR2, Photo Draw 2000, Adobe Photoshop, Office 2010, and Office 2007. Forte Font continues to be available through Office Cloud Fonts.
Uses
Forte Font is versatile and suitable for a wide range of applications. Designers often utilize its strong design to add a unique touch to their projects. The font can be effectively used for headlines, book covers, newspapers, magazines, brand designs, postcards, flyers, homeware designs, brochure layouts, store names, clothing designs, emblems, annual reports, and social media ads.
Font Family
- Forte Regular
- Forte Light
- Forte Extralight
- Forte Medium
- Forte Bold
- Forte Semibold
- Forte Book
Forte Font View
Before you install this font, take a look at the instances of this popular typeface, which has a unique and elegant set of characters.

Availability
Forte Font can be downloaded for free on our website, making it easily accessible to designers and individuals who wish to incorporate its elegant style into their work.
License Information
For personal use of Forte Font, you do not need a license. However, if you intend to use it for commercial purposes, then you will have to pay for it.
Font Pairing
The font can be paired with:
- Sophia Font
- Gladiator Font
Supported Language
English, Greek, Greenlandic, Guarani, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hill Mari, Hmong, Hopi, Hungarian, Ibanag, Icelandic, Iloko (Ilokano), Indonesian, Interglossa (Glosa), Interlingua, Irish (Gaelic), Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jèrriais, Lithuanian, Ladin, Latvian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay (Latinized), Maltese, Northern Sotho (Pedi), Kabardian, Kalmyk (Cyrillic), Karachay (Cyrillic), Kashubian, Kazakh (Cyrillic), Khakas, Khalkha, Khanty, Kildin Sami, Komi-Permyak, Kurdish, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz (Cyrillic), Norwegian, Norfolk/Pitcairnese, Slovenian, Somali, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Swahili, Swati/Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Tahitian, Tajik, Tatar (Cyrillic), Tausug, Tetum (Tetun), Tok Pisin, Tongan (Faka-Tonga), Tswana, Turkmen, Turkmen (Cyrillic), Turkmen (Latinized), Tuvaluan, Tuvin, Occitan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chechen, Cheyenne, Chichewa (Nyanja), Chuvash, Cimbrian, Corsican, Croatian, Cyrillic, Czech, Danish, Dungan, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Evenki (Cyrillic), Faroese, Fijian, Finnish, French, French Creole (Saint Lucia), Frisian, Friulian, Galician, Genoese, German, Gilbertese (Kiribati), Manx, Maori, Meadow Mari, Megleno-Romanian, Míkmaq, Mohawk, Moldovan, Nahuatl, Nenets, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulithian, Uygh
Font Information
Font Name: Forte
Designer: Carl Reiter Reissberger
Foundry: The Monotype Corporation
License: Free For Personal Use
Contact: Website
Classification | Display |
Release/ Publishing Date | 1962 |
Version | 1.50 |
Glyph Count | 248 |
Character | 247 |
Format | OTF,TTF |
Character Ranges | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement |
Copyright | The Monotype Corporation 1991-1995. All rights reserved. |
Trademark | Forte™ is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
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