This book combines The Crystal Goblet, an article by the influential typographer Beatrice Warde, with The Royal Academy of Farting a piece by Benjamin Franklin.
Warde proposes that typography should strive for invisibility at its finest, arguing against calling any printed piece "art." While I do agree with her emphasis on the utility of typography, I also believe that there is merit to using typography as ornamentation to enhance a written piece and its meaning. By bringing in The Royal Academy of Farting, which argues for a drug to make farts smell pleasant, I hope to highlight the importance and delight in achieving above and beyond invisibility.
This book is formatted with the Crystal Goblet as the main text and the Royal Academy of Farting interrupting the reading in the middle of the text. The Royal Academy is formatted as a smaller book with a different visual language to create a different and more lasting impression than the Crystal Goblet text with its more traditional layout. See the full book below.
