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Cursive q

Cursive q is the oval of a with a stem below the baseline whose loop turns forward, to the right: the opposite way to g.

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Cursive q in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aqa

    After a, from the baseline

  • oqa

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Begin with the oval of a: from just below the midline, around and back up.
  2. 2Drop straight down from the oval, past the baseline, to the descender line.
  3. 3Loop forward, to the right, and come up to close against the stem at the baseline.
  4. 4Curve out to the right, in English almost always into u.
Where it joins
It comes in over the top of the oval, as a does, and leaves from the right of its stem, where the loop closes, pointing straight into the next letter.
Mixed up with

Above the baseline g and q are the same letter; only the loop below tells them apart: back to the left for g, forward to the right for q. p’s loop turns back, like g’s.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for q →Capital Q

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.