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An original transitional serif by Jerry Kelly, modelled on the Baskerville and Bell tradition, offered in Book and Display cuts each with an accompanying italic.
About
Rilke fills a real gap: original designs in the transitional style are rare compared to the abundance of Renaissance roman revivals. The family comprises four styles – Book, Book Italic, Display Book and Display Book Italic – alongside small caps. Jerry Kelly's design is pitched at both fine book work and advertising, inheriting the quiet authority associated with mid-18th-century English letterforms.
Classification
Explicitly designed in the transitional style of Baskerville and Bell, placing it squarely in the 18th-century transitional category. The family includes both a text (Book) cut and a Display cut, each with italic, following classical optical sizing conventions.