Capital letter · 17 of 26
Cursive capital Q
Cursive capital Q looks like a large number 2: a tall curve over the top, a small loop on the baseline and a tail into the next letter.
Q
- Quinn
Quinn: Q runs into u
- Stroke order
- 1Start on the left below the midline and curve up to the top line.
- 2Curve over the top and down the right side to the baseline.
- 3Make a small loop on the baseline.
- 4Run the tail out to the right, dipping just under the baseline, into the next letter.
- Where it joins
- Q joins from its tail: Quinn, Quebec.
- Mixed up with
It keeps nothing of print Q’s circle and tail, and people who know only print often take it for a 2. Z, which hangs below the line, is the capital that looks like a 3.
- Practise with
- QuinnQuebecQueensQuentinQuinn · Quebec · Queens · Quentin
01 / In other fonts
Q in 10 scripts
The same letter in connected scripts from the catalogue, from casual brush to formal copperplate. Each opens its font.