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Comparing Regular Print Text Vs Large Print Text in Bibles

By Michael L. Lambert

When comparing the size of text in regular print Bibles to the size in large print Bibles, there really is no comparison. It all comes down to point size.

What’s point size? Glad you asked. Point size is the measure of “x-height” in any font. X-Height is literally the distance between the top of a lowercase x and the bottom of a lowercase x in points.

OK. What are points? Another good question. A point is 1/72 of an inch, or .01388″. Therefore, it takes 72 points to make up an inch. Interestingly enough, our computer screens are based on the same concept. Screen resolution is traditionally 72 pixels per inch.

If your head is not spinning from all this technical mumbo-jumbo, we’ll move on. Let’s consider a standard, regular print Bible and a standard large print Bible.

A regular print Bible is usually typeset in 10 points. As stated before, if 1 point is .01388″, then 10 point text is .1388″ or slightly over 1/8″ in height. This is a good, readable sized text, which, amazingly enough, is LARGER than text in some compact Bibles.

A large print Bible, is usually typeset in 14 points. It may not seem like much, numbers-wise, but, as you can see, it is dramatically larger. A 14 pt. height is about .194″, or slightly larger than 3/16″. Bibles such as these are perfect for those who experience eyestrain when they read, those who require bifocals, or even pastors to quickly find their place while preaching to their flock.

I hope this may have cleared up some confusion or questions you may have had about point size or large print.

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Comparing Regular Print Text Vs

Large Print Text in Bibles

By Michael L. Lambert

When comparing the size of text in regular print Bibles to the size in large print Bibles, there really is no comparison. It all comes down to point size.

What’s point size? Glad you asked. Point size is the measure of “x-height” in any font. X-Height is literally the distance between the top of a lowercase x and the bottom of a lowercase x in points.

OK. What are points? Another good question. A point is 1/72 of an inch, or .01388″. Therefore, it takes 72 points to make up an inch. Interestingly enough, our computer screens are based on the same concept. Screen resolution is traditionally 72 pixels per inch.

If your head is not spinning from all this technical mumbo-jumbo, we’ll move on. Let’s consider a standard, regular print Bible and a standard large print Bible.

A regular print Bible is usually typeset in 10 points. As stated before, if 1 point is .01388″, then 10 point text is .1388″ or slightly over 1/8″ in height. This is a good, readable sized text, which, amazingly enough, is LARGER than text in some compact Bibles.

A large print Bible, is usually typeset in 14 points. It may not seem like much, numbers-wise, but, as you can see, it is dramatically larger. A 14 pt. height is about .194″, or slightly larger than 3/16″. Bibles such as these are perfect for those who experience eyestrain when they read, those who require bifocals, or even pastors to quickly find their place while preaching to their flock.

I hope this may have cleared up some confusion or questions you may have had about point size or large print.

You may want to check out my other guide on audio bible and niv study bible