Yeah, it absolutely accelerated my exposure to a bunch of styles that would have taken me a lot longer to find out about through organic "searching around and checking stuff out", giving me a ton of snippets to get a feel for and pique my interest. Though once I got to know my favorite styles more, I could think of more specific examples -- but it looks like newer renditions of the guide have wayyy more examples anyways! : )

A gem it was! I'm not interested in an internet that does not have Casiocore in its Ishkur's guide. Guess I'm getting old.