Intelligent redesign?

This is more than a "new look," it's more like a new magazine. I'm a longtime reader of the CENTURY who is delighted with all the changes.

James A. Stuckey

Columbus, Ohio

It is regrettable that you have made this change. I do not like anything about it. It looks as though it was designed by a 16-year-old. It is an inappropriate look for your magazine. I felt the CHRISTIAN CENTURY had a fine, tasteful look. Now it has all been lost.

Dale Carter

Received via the Internet

Overall I like the magazine's new look. But why do you bury the page numbers deep in the inside corners of the pages? It was bad enough to have them in the middle of the page in your previous design. Why not put them on the outside corners, top or bottom? It would make it much easier to look up a page.

H. L. Behle

Peoria, Ariz.

Great typeface, color and format, but why did you bury the page numbers in the gutter?

Ed Bollack

Yuma United Methodist Church

Yuma, Colo.

Disappointment and sense of loss--that's what I felt when I saw the typeface and new look of my favorite publication. The CENTURY now looks just like those ubiquitous direct mail pieces that try to pass off their ads as serious reading. When I copy an article of brilliance or an insightful review for friends or pastors, I'll have to attach a compelling caveat or they will toss it. It simply no longer looks like something to pay attention to. Sad.

Paula Craig

Received via the Internet

The CENTURY'S "new look" is a vast improvement. You have a genuine winner on your hands. Congratulations.

Jim Armstrong

Chicago, Ill.

How refreshing to see the new look of the CENTURY, which also features the revival of the arts page, introduced with the brilliant print of The Burning Bush, by Margaret Kyle, and comments by Lois Huey-Heck. Having developed a model program of integrating the arts in the spiritual care of persons living with life-threatening illnesses, their families and health-care staff who care for them, along with being a founder of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, I continue to see how the arts can enable all persons to mourn, grieve and celebrate life.

Sally Steenhusen Bailey

Raleigh, N. C.

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