Alphabets @ Alden features a poster series of 29 personal alphabets created by ART 2520 typography students over the course of 9 weeks during the spring 2024 semester.

For the “A-Z alphabet sketchbook and poster project”, typography students in Art 2520 with Sarah McDowell were challenged to find, photograph, design, draw, create and/or construct 2-4 letters of the alphabet over the course of 9 weeks. The students were encouraged to be creative with each of the letter drawings; to consider trying out different methods and media including dimensional materials; and to express a sensitivity to color, texture, image and meaning.

View the posters on the 2nd floor of Alden Library throughout the fall 2024 semester, and read the students' personal statements and view their posters digitally on the OHIO Archives blog .