Albra Book
Rellence · Jan Weidemüller · 2022
A high-contrast upright-only serif cut as the book optical size in the Albra family, sitting between Albra Text and standard Albra in contrast and weight.
About
Albra Book is the fourth optical size in Jan Weidemüller's Albra family, designed for body copy at book-setting sizes. Sturdier than Albra Text and carrying more visible contrast than a typical workhorse text face, it is the only Albra optical size without italic companions. Six weights run from Light to Black, with a variable font available for continuous weight adjustment.
Classification
High-contrast serif with warm curves and sharp bracketed serifs. Albra Book is the fourth optical size in the Albra family, sitting between Albra Text and the standard Albra in contrast and weight. It is the only optical size in the family without italic companions, designed for upright-only body copy at book-setting sizes. Part of a mature multi-optical-size system spanning Display, standard, Book, Text, Sans and Grotesk.