Reddit reviews NIV, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Black/Gray, Red Letter, Comfort Print
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>-Between size 8-10.5ish font (sometimes referenced as “comfort font”) but not “Giant Font” which is usually 12 and above which is way too large for me to follow a consistent thought.
FYI "Comfort Print" doesn't refer to a font size - it refers to the specific fonts Thomas Nelson/Zondervan commissioned from 2K Denmark - a company that typesets most new Bibles now.
>-Pages with regular thickness I would prefer not to read a “thinline” Bible, because those pages are often so thin that I would get distracted by the text from the previous page showing up behind the page as your read the text on the page you’re on. Also, generally to make a “thinline” Bible so thin, they have to shrink the text size anyway so it would likely not fit the second criteria of being at least a size 8 font.
Unless you've already looked at the newer comfort print thinlines in person and don't like the opacity, I'd reconsider your avoidance of them. I have a NKJV Comfort Print Thinline (the NIV one should be printed on the same paper) and the reading experience is identical when compared to the ESV Reference Bible I also have. The thing is - the ESV Reference Bible has a thicker paper.
This is because of the use of two things - titanium dioxide and line-matching. Titanium dioxide is a powder which scatters light - making a page more opaque. It also makes the page look more white. Line-matching is making sure that when a page is printed, the text on both sides match up with each other, instead of one page's text being shifted up or down. When you read the text you can't really see what's behind the page.
Also they make these thinlines with 10.5 pt font. Here. They only contain the text and the translators' notes which have always been a part of the NIV and every translation but the KJV (unfortunately).
Also, what are these "custom Bible making websites", just out of curiosity? I'm only aware of rebinders who will replace the cover and maybe make the spine stronger. If a company were to print the NIV they'd require permission from Biblica since Biblica holds the NIV's copyright.
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