Pitt Minion ESV Comparison Shots
David Dewey has done it again: in response to yesterday's requests for a comparison between the new Cambridge Pitt Minion ESV and Crossway's single column Personal Size Reference edition, he has snapped a few new photos and written up some notes. Here they are:
"The stack, from bottom to top (all ESVs): Classic Reference (bonded leather) Personal Size Reference (Forest Trail) Pitt Minion (two-tone) Deluxe Compact (chestnut, crown design)"
Pitt Minion vs. Personal Size Reference (pictured on left)
"The PSR is only slightly larger than the Pitt Minion, but is half as thick again. The Pitt Minion text, being a semi-bold, is darker, a little smaller and with less line space than the PSR. The latter, of course, is single column. I find both equally readable."
Pitt Minion vs. Deluxe Compact (pictured on right)
"The Deluxe Compact, however, has a smaller font than either and is less readable (though an improvment on the original Crossway compact ESVs."
Thanks again, David, for sharing your photos and notes!
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.
