OT quotes are in oblique type and poetry is set to verse. The text is presented in two-column, verse-by-verse format. The layout is updated to a more modern study Bible style.

The red-letter does fade a little but it’s not bad.

The print quality looks very consistent throughout. The Bible text has a 9-point font (9/10) and the notes have a 7-point font. There are 10 blank pages in the back for writing your own notes. It feels like good quality and the opacity isn’t bad. The paper looks like the standard paper found in today’s study Bibles. It stays open in Genesis 1 and will lay even flatter once it’s broken in. Most Bibles are made this way, but due to how large and heavy this Bible is I am concerned about how long it will last. The liner feels like vinyl-covered paper. This is one of the better imitation leathers that I’ve felt. They both have the title embossed into the cover. The covers of my review copies are both an imitation leather called Leathersoft. Dispensational outlines with color prophecy charts.Black or burgundy imitation leather (Leathersoft).Along with the translation update there have been many updates to the layout. For years it was only available in KJV, but Dake Publishing has recently made this Bible available in NKJV. It is the work of Finis Jennings Dake, culminating 43 years and 100,000 hours of Bible study. The Dake Annotated Reference Bible is one of the oldest study Bibles available. New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB).

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