Source: part of a small collection of worldly books in the upstairs living room at home.
Typeface classification: The cover design features both serif (English) and sans serif (Spanish) fonts. The serif font reminded me of one I had seen recently called Mrs Eaves while the sans serif looks like an altered geometric typeface.
Description: The book is obviously aimed towards children but is neat in that it offers the lullabies in English and Spanish while adhering to the same format as the cover design - could be seen as educational as a means to teach both languages to younger audiences.
How it enhances the message: The typography is very neatly arranged on the page to aid in a clear representation of the text: the layout lends itself to making the text just as important as the art depicted among the pages and seems like a natural way to guide young readers along.
Influence: Its funny how we often overlook the simplicity of things when designing: we try to over elaborate on a particular facet of our design when reducing it down to its bare essentials goes a long way. Not having seen this book in probably 20 years, it was refreshing to see such simplicity portrayed throughout the typographical choices and that is one thing that I'll definitely take into consideration for future work.
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