Forque

Name: Forque
Author: Tup Wanders

Forque offers versatile typography with carefully balanced proportions for diverse design applications.

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Retroby Tup Wanders80% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Forque

Best Font Pairings for Forque

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Forque, including combinations with Lexend Deca, Yaldevi and Aileron.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Forque Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Forque with any font combination in real-time, optimized for retro characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Forque Specimen Gallery

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Forque Editorial Specimen

Forque in Editorial Context

Forque is a retro typeface by Tup Wanders suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Retro

Forque demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a retro typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Forque supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Tup Wanders, Forque balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Forque Typography

A retro typeface for UI components.

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Forque Specimen

Forque

Forque is a retro typeface by Tup Wanders built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Forque— retro typeface

ForqueBy Tup Wanders

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Forque Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Forque

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Forque, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Forque demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Forque for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Forque small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Forque delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Forque italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Forque bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Forque typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Forque typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Forque'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Forque in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Forque:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Forque:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Forque';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Forque:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Forque CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Forque', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Forque', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'forque': ['Forque', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-forque">Your text here</p>

About

The Design of Forque

Tup Wanders

Retro

Open Source

Forque is a free font from Tup Wanders.

Forque was crafted by Tup Wanders. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Retro typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Forque features period-specific proportions and stroke treatments and inline, shadow, or dimensional decorative treatments. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for entertainment and media nostalgic properties.

Forque is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Forque

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Forque's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Retro analysis. Typographic analysis places Forque within the Graphic (Period Revival / Retro) tradition, characterized by Period-specific proportions and stroke treatments and Inline, shadow, or dimensional decorative treatments. Retro typefaces revive lettering styles from specific historical periods, typically mid-20th-century Americana, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, or 1970s phototypesetting aesthetics. Key technical strength: instant visual era-signaling for thematic branding.

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Best Ways to Use Forque

Best Font Pairings for Forque

Test Forque Font Pairings Live

In Context

Forque Typography

Forque

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Forque

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

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Forque Accessibility Profile

Forque's Legibility

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Visual Comfort with Forque

Forque Accessibility Recommendations

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Available Weights

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Internationalization

Western European

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