I just got a new NLT Premium Slimline Reference Bible, Large Print TuTone leather. After looking at the NLT Sample Pages and Tyndale’s site I had a hard time deciding which one to buy. I wanted something in between each one.
The newer 2007 slimlines are listed as 9.75 pt. font size and the older ones at 11 at CBD. This newer 2007 version (although the copyright is 2004 on the inside) looks more like 11 and is a little larger than what I prefer. But the smaller slimline at 8 pt. would be a little too small. Here is a comparison of the LP Bible at the left and a printout of a PDF of the regular slimline:
This is not to scale so don’t use it as a gauge. It just shows the relative difference in size between the two. A ribbon is shown.
You can see that it has cross references at the end of paragraphs.
The cover is great. The leather is very soft and I love the colors. On my monitor the burgundy color looks more accurate in the first photo which shows the texture of the leather. I didn’t want to spend the time trying to correct the color on the second one.
The actual outside dimensions are 6 7/8″ x 9 1/2″.
The outside of the pages are gold and it has two ribbons. I’ve never had a Bible with two ribbons before. No bookmarks necessary.
The important thing is I like the translation better the more I read it and it will be my main reading Bible.
NLT Premium Slimline Reference Bible, Large Print at Amazon.com. The price has gone down twice in the last few weeks.
I purchased one of those (different color scheme) for a friend of ours. She loves it. Very nice to hold and the print is comfortable for reading.
That’s the edition I bought last year, but was very disappointed with because the text ran too close to the inner margin. I had to push against the seam to read the text on the inner columns. Has this been corrected?
Rick, the text is very close to the inside margin but not enough to bother me. Maybe I’m used to it because of my pew NRSV or maybe they’ve changed it.
Jeff
I read somewhere that they had corrected that. The edition I purchased was fine.
Hmmm. Wonder if I qualify for a trade in. My copy is essentially unusable unless I just stick to the outer columns.
Does this edition have the 2007 revisions?
nothingman thanks for asking. I wanted to look into it. Yes, according to their PDF of the changes, this edition is the 2007 version. Although I noticed they have a little mistake for the first Genesis example on the 2007 side which scared me a little bit. I’m OK now.
Jeff
Thanks for posting those photos, Jeff. I was looking at those exact editions on Monday after work and came to the conclusion that I preferred the physical size of the regular Reference Thinline, but that the font size and the inner gutter were too small. I liked the font size of the Large-Print Reference Thinline, but the physical size was a little big for being a thinline and the text ghosting/bleedthrough was really distracting — especially for a *reading* Bible. I’d love to have the regular size Ref edition with a little thicker paper and slightly larger font size. Even the LP Ref would be okay, if it had a little more heft to it and cut down on the ghosting.
I came to almost exactly the same conclusions ElShaddai except I seem to be able to tolerate the bleed through.
I think many people with older eyes would appreciate the font size of many of these large print editions.
My fave as far as size and typeface is the TNIV thinline. But that has an almost sans-serif font which I love and for some reason most others don’t. (I can’t understand why people like serif for reading.)
Jeff
Yes, I have a TNIV thinline as well and have come to tolerate it – I was in fact trying to find the NLT version that was most like it (which would be the regular size Reference Slimline), but the inside gutter, text ghosting and font size were three strikes…
Hey Jeff, do you know if the binding is glued or stitched? I own a personal edition, and the bible and font are a great size. But I would like something that is stitched, instead of glued.
How do I tell?
Jeff
@Robert – I could be wrong, but I haven’t seen a NLT that has a sewn binding yet… I really hope they address this in the next year or two.
I believe the sewn binding is only available in the Tyndale Select NLT.