Comments on: Modified Q http://end-grain.net/?p=1805 A wood Type and Letterpress blog Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bethany Heck http://end-grain.net/?p=1805&cpage=1#comment-3217 Bethany Heck Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:05:09 +0000 http://end-grain.net/?p=1805#comment-3217 I'm not sure what the answer is to that, Kevin. I've been under the impression that cursive has been fading from school systems, so it might be that the lovely cursive Q is vanishing. There are actually <a href src="http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/a_ah/rrk/specimen.php?type=Script&sub=Brush&specname[]=No%20226%20Outline&top=blackletter&folder=B_3_4B&text=RRK_B_3_4B_01.rtf&img=B_3_4B_Spec_01.jpg&count=1&countmax=0" rel="nofollow">wood type alphabets</a> that have that style Q. I for one would be glad to see cursive go to the wayside, I never had a steady enough hand to do it justice. I’m not sure what the answer is to that, Kevin. I’ve been under the impression that cursive has been fading from school systems, so it might be that the lovely cursive Q is vanishing. There are actually wood type alphabets that have that style Q.

I for one would be glad to see cursive go to the wayside, I never had a steady enough hand to do it justice.

]]> By: Kevin Lee http://end-grain.net/?p=1805&cpage=1#comment-3216 Kevin Lee Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:32:57 +0000 http://end-grain.net/?p=1805#comment-3216 Hi Bethany: Yes, this is the Braves fan. I followed your link about the interview on Tuesday and wound up here. This letter "Q" is so pretty that I thought you might be the right person to ask this question. Has the cursive capital "Q" disappeared from popular use? I could never perform it--looks like the number two--but I rarely see the one taught in grammar school, instead seeing a large printed capital "Q" substituted. I have to admit I prefer a printed "Q" for its looks, but what should I teach my grandaughter? Hi Bethany:
Yes, this is the Braves fan. I followed your link about the interview on Tuesday and wound up here.
This letter “Q” is so pretty that I thought you might be the right person to ask this question.
Has the cursive capital “Q” disappeared from popular use?
I could never perform it–looks like the number two–but I rarely see the one taught in grammar school, instead seeing a large printed capital “Q” substituted.
I have to admit I prefer a printed “Q” for its looks, but what should I teach my grandaughter?

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