I'm super excited about my new ESV Reader's Bible. I've been reading in John, Acts, and the Psalms. For those of you who signed my Bible Typography Manifesto, you may be interested to see the following message I received from Crossway. I asked at that time about the...
Bible Typography
Brand New ESV Reader’s Bible
I've already said a great deal on this blog, going back to its earliest days, about the unexamined detriments of versified printings of the Bible. As the author of the only Bible Typography Manifesto known to man, I have publicly and for all time stated my...
Paragraphing Conveys Meaning
Blog post titles don't get much cleverer and attention-getting than this post's, I know. But tone down your excitement and think with me for a minute. I'm writing a book right now. A secret book. A hard book to write. I'm slaving over every sentence. And I just found...
ESV Reader’s Bible Sample PDF
Crossway has finally put out a sample PDF of their upcoming Reader's Bible. I've been checking the page compulsively for some months, but I can't say how long the PDF has been up. I'm also not quite sure what to think, because the PDF includes enough of Genesis to...
ESV Reader’s Bible
Manifesto signatories, our voice has been heard! I'm super excited for the May, 2014 release! Crossway even used the title we suggested: "Reader's Bible." I'm going to try to figure out how this came about and whether our manifesto made any difference or was just...
Review: Books of the Bible-NIV
Books of the Bible-NIV by Anonymous My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first thing people notice when I show them this Bible goes like this: "There are no verses!" Second thing: "There are no chapters!" Then I get an evaluation. Actual quotes: "Cool!" or "This is not a step...
Review: After Chapters & Verses: Engaging the Bible in the Coming Generations
After Chapters & Verses: Engaging the Bible in the Coming Generations by Christopher R. Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hope to write a publishable review of this book in the future. I’ll just take this Goodreads/blogging opportunity to offer some of my favorite...
The Pay-Off of a New Bible Format
The point of my somewhat tongue-in-cheek "Bible Typography Manifesto" is to encourage better and more healthy Bible reading practices by rethinking the format in which we encounter God's word. To that end, I'm reading a book by Christopher Smith called After Chapters...
NIV Books of the Bible
Biblica now has an edition of The Books of the Bible set in the NIV, though it’s just the New Testament (at least I can’t find an entire Bible on their website). The new edition is set in a serif typeface rather than the odd, hybrid typeface used for the TNIV editions...
Bible Typography Manifesto
I’ve released a manifesto, and I invite you to sign it. “Manifesto” sounds a whole lot nicer than “private opinion,” and that’s my only excuse for using such a grandiose word. The format is slightly tongue in cheek, but the upshot is serious. I’m a Bible curriculum...
How to Kern
My inner typography nerd was thrilled to discover this very cool website. If you don't know what kerning is or why it matters, check it out. If you do, see if you can beat my top score of 91… HT: Drew Fields
A T-Shirt Design for Typography Nerd/Elitist Wannabes Like Me
I laughed out loud, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to.