Excessively long titles, novelty tunes and 'foreign themes' penetrated the stacks of sheet music in the local music stores.
1916's 'Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo (That's Love in Honolu)' covered a variety of these quirks within one publication. This Hawaiian-tinged song evoked the mystical ways of the South Seas islands, in spite of the abridging of Honolulu to 'Honolu'.
Nonetheless, the hand lettered title of this specific piece of sheet music included an Art Nouveau-influenced bold block letter with rounded corners. It's now readily available digitally as Smooth Cruising JNL, in both routine and oblique versions.
Font Family:
· Smooth Sailing JNL
· Smooth Sailing Oblique JNL
Tags: 1900s, art nouveau, block, bold, decorative, display, headline, nostalgic, retro, rounded, sans serif, vintage