Quote:Mark Knowles: I am talking about the visual appearance, not the usage that is a different discussion.
Visual appearance: Tranchedino recorded q characters with short stems and sharp loops.
Visual appearance: VMS glyphs include q character with long stem and either soft or sharp loop.
Visual appearance: French cipher has q character with long stem and sharp loops.
Visual appearance: In medieval languages that use Latin characters, the q characters usually have short stems, but occasionally long. Loops can be soft or sharp.