Designing the Holy Bible: Arguing the Text Through the Form

摘要

Over the centuries printers and artists have created new designs for the Christian Bible. Essentially by reframing the visual presentation of ancient and revered sacred scriptures, they have attempted to have an impact on the perspectives with which readers receive the text. One could say the act of redesigning the bible is ideology through the use of the conventions of type and page layout. This article explores how design features of selected editions of the bible can be seen as conveying different shades of meaning and significance to the traditional text.