Read the materials and answer the following questions, at least 250 words.

What does Beatrice Warde’s metaphor of “the crystal goblet” mean? How does she think typography should work? Did the kind of typographic design described by certain people featured in Helvetica remind you of Warde’s argument? Which designers and why?

Materials:

http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/reese/classes/art…