Serif Normal Fobol 1 is a bold, wide, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, book titles, pull quotes, invitations, literary, classic, dramatic, formal, emphasis, elegance, tradition, display italic, classical tone, bracketed, calligraphic, oldstyle, tapered, swashy.
A slanted serif design with crisp, bracketed serifs and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper into sharp terminals, with energetic curves and slightly condensed joins that give the letterforms a lively, calligraphic rhythm. Uppercase forms feel sturdy and stately, while the lowercase shows more movement and personality, including angled entry/exit strokes and softly swelling bowls. Counters are moderately open and the overall texture is dense but readable, with strong diagonals and a consistent rightward italic flow.
It performs best in editorial headlines, book and chapter titling, pull quotes, and other settings where an elegant italic is used for emphasis. The strong contrast and animated details favor medium-to-large sizes, making it a good choice for refined branding accents and formal printed materials.
The font conveys a traditional, bookish tone with a confident, theatrical emphasis. Its assertive contrast and flowing italic gesture suggest refinement and rhetoric—suited to titles and highlighted passages where a classic voice is desired.
The design appears intended as a classical, text-oriented italic with extra display presence—balancing traditional serif construction with a more expressive, calligraphy-informed stroke and terminal treatment for emphatic, elegant typography.
Numerals follow the same italic, high-modulation logic, with curved terminals and distinct silhouettes that read well at display sizes. The slant is steady across caps, lowercase, and figures, creating a cohesive forward motion in continuous text.