Fabulosa embodies a unique vision, merging historical influences from the ‘fat face’ typography style and the flair of Ed Benguiat’s Caslon Black Swash, designed for Photo Lettering, Inc. in the 1960s. The ‘fat face’ style, with its exaggerated strokes, was pioneered by typefounder Robert Thorne (1753–1820) in the early 19th century. Thorne’s innovation evolved modern type styles with strong contrast and heavy serifs.
Caslon Black Swash, a vivid representation of mid-20th-century typographic creativity, features swashes and decorative flourishes that evoke nostalgia.
Inspired by these styles and her love for stencils, Laura created Fabulosa. Her vision was to blend the retro with the fantastical, adding a touch of glamour. Fabulosa stands out as a timeless and contemporary statement piece, perfect for projects that evoke stylish nostalgia and make a bold visual impact, from high-fashion magazines to quirky indie film posters.
Type-Ø-Tones is a typographic design company founded in 1990 by Joan Barjau, Enric Jardí, Laura Meseguer and José Manuel Urós. Although we mainly publish our own designs, we collaborate with many other typographers.
In our friend Jan Middendorp words: “They’re a loosely-knit collective of independent individuals, each with their own activities as graphic designers, writers and teachers. They have been making and publishing fonts since the early days of desktop type design and pioneered digital techniques that are now commonplace. Their fonts represent an approach that is, perhaps, typically Catalan: simultaneously adventurous and serious, witty and well-conceived.”
As with everything from Adobe Fonts, you can use these fonts for:
Design Projects
Create images or vector artwork, including logos
Website Publishing
Create a Web Project to add any font from our service to your website
PDFs
Embed fonts in PDFs for viewing and printing
Video and Broadcast
Use fonts to create in-house or commercial video content
How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
{{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_family_name}} {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_subfamily_name}}Web
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles.