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shamed into printing the Lectern Bible—not shame for itself so much as for a world which had not, in recent decades produced a Bible equal to those of past periods. This came to light when a king sought a memorial Bible to give to a church. No currently produced Bible was handsome enough and the printing trade bowed in shame when an old volume was selected by the king.
Thus shamed, the printer’s consolations began. The best craftsmen gathered. A long series of experiments began. Centaur 22-point type left too much white space, so it was cast on a 20-point body—all special hand-cutting of letters. The first specimen pages did not suit the exacting requirements of the craftsmen. They tried Goud's New-style, also Bembo, but went back to the Centaur with thirteen rounded lower case letters re-cut, ascenders and descenders shortened and a new font of small caps.
The number of letters, in case such data interests you, is 4,631,056. It was stipulated that the book should not exceed 1250 pages, and the final draft showed 1238, twelve less than the limit Besides the regular paging, there were such matters as a title page, an unobtrusive paragraph mark, an imprint design, an italic for a single line. The finest experts in the paper industry worked months perfecting a special paper.
The result was rewarding. Lectern Bibles are now available. Few people will see them. They are presented as memorials to churches, read by the ministers, and a thought of them rarely enters the mind of those attending church—or those not in at
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