Patty's on board with my legibility campaign. And the LARGE initial cap is always a good idea.
While this is an excellent layout - there is one tiny limitation - and that is the amount of space left for the street address. My address is nice and short. A longer street address would have stretched over to the left which would have been OK - but it's tidier with the address under the script part.
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It was fun to check in at the Newberry Library. There is not a lot of traffic so the people who work there go the extra mile in welcoming the patrons. I had forgotten my library card - but they found me in the computer and were happy to issue me a new one. They are now plastic and there is a *reader* device when you enter and exit - which probably makes tracking visitors easier. The fact that anyone is welcome to visit the library and touch the books is amazing. You don't have to be affiliated with a teaching institution and have a boatload of credentials - which is the case with many other libraries that have *the good stuff.* My favorite books are the tiny Book of Hours books. And on this trip, I hit the jackpot.
When you look for books in the catalogue - they have names - and information - but no pictures. So far, I have not figured out a method to know what I will be getting. So, I just guess. By choosing books that are all hundreds of years old and entirely hand written on vellum - there is no chance that one might be disappointing.
I'll put some photos in - but it is pointless to look at images. I can't describe what it is - but you simply have to see them in person to grasp the tiny-ness.
The Boston Public Library also offers free access without academic credentials to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department. All you need to do to gain entry is to show your BPL card. You are only allowed to bring a sheet of paper and a pencil into the room. I was surprised that permission was given to photograph without a flash. I didn't know what was in the collection so told the librarian of my interest in calligraphy. He brought me a Book of Hours to look through.
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