The capital Q is one of the most interesting letterforms of the Latin alphabet. Despite merely consisting of a capital O and a tail, its construction is quite variable due to the variety of shapes the tail can assume. What's more, there are constructions where the tail becomes part of the capital O shape, uniting both components in a single stroke of the pen. As such, I have taken it upon myself to create a tribute to this versatile letterform by gathering the capital Qs from as many typefaces as I could find (a scant few of them being of my own design, to boot), and arranging them in a very suitable pattern. While some of them are duplicates, they are spaced apart enough to retain the dynamic quality of the composition.

 

This project actually began last fall while I was taking Prof. Greg Eckler's Lettering/Type Design class at GMU; I used the class computer to get most of the faces. Even so, it took a while before I decided to upload it to Behance since I put it in the back of my mind while worrying about other things. Otherwise, this project is worth all the time and effort I put into its design.