Why Bible Typography Matters

Here's a treat for a Friday afternoon: check out Mark Ward, Jr.'s video "Why Bible Typography Matters"! Mark shares our concern for good design, and has put together a wonderful step-by-step explanation of how the typographical choices we make influence the way the text is experienced. http://youtu.be/tu4t9FKn9M4

Keep your eyes peeled around the thirty-minute mark and you'll recognize an image from Bible Design Blog. If you enjoy the video, be sure to check out Mark's blog, and his Bible Typography Manifesto.

J. MARK BERTRAND

J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.

Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.

Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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