<I>Twist</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2022
name: label: Designed by
content: Sonya Clark, American
label: Designed by
content: Bo Peng, Chinese
label: Manufactured by
content: Swamp Press, American
label: Subject of
content: Rita Dove, American, born 1952
notes: label: Description
content: A set of twenty-six characters for the Twist typeface designed by Sonya Clark. The abstract, curvilinear Twist typeface letters resemble loosely to tightly coiled curls of hair. Each piece of letterpress metal type (or hot type) has a rectangular body (or shank) cast with a lead, tin, and antimony alloy. At the printing end of the body is the Twist character, which prints when inked and pressed into paper. On the shoulder of each piece of type, at a lower level than the Twist character, is a small, capitalized, corresponding Roman typeface letter which allows easy identification of the Twist character. The identification mark does not print. The body has a nick near the bottom on one narrow edge and a groove cut into the bottom surface of the foot. The type is nestled side-by-side within four horizontal recesses inside the accompanying presentation box (2023.77.2). The font is arranged in alphabetical order, with A-F (2023.77.1a-f) in the top row, G-M (2023.77.1g-m) in the second row, N-U (2023.77.1n-u) in the third row, and V-Z (2023.77.1v-z) in the bottom row.
place: label: Place made
content: Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place purchased
content: Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Typography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: A Century in the Making
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse, C X06
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.77.1a-z
objectType: label: Type
content: typefaces
label: Type
content: fonts (type composition equipment)
label: Type
content: type
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sonya Clark
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lead, tin and antimony alloy
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1a): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.7 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1b): 7/8 × 3/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.5 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1c): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1d): 7/8 × 9/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1e): 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.9 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1f): 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.9 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1g): 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 1 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1h): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1i): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.7 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1j): 7/8 × 5/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.7 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1k): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1l): 7/8 × 3/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.4 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1m): 7/8 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1n): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1o): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1p): 7/8 × 3/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.5 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1q): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1r): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.7 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1s): 7/8 × 5/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.8 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1t): 7/8 × 5/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.8 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1u): 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.9 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1v): 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.6 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1w): 7/8 × 9/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1x): 7/8 × 5/16 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.8 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1y): 7/8 × 1/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 0.3 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2023.77.1z): 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (2.3 × 1 × 1.3 cm)