What do you call the part that sticks out of a capital Q? Is there a name for it? What would you refer to it as if you were designing something and needed to write about that part of the q?
While the original poster's second post might have inspired someone to cite an anecdote concerning Abraham Lincoln, I think it's entirely reasonable to wonder if there wasn't some specific technical name for the stroke which distinguishes a Q from an O. Appendage, terminus, cauda, tail... or some other word, unique to the rarefied reaches of typography.
28 Nov 2010 — 3:25pm
Tail.
28 Nov 2010 — 4:36pm
Thanks I was going to call it the tail or leg and wasn't sure if either was correct.
29 Nov 2010 — 6:41am
If you want to be really fancy, you can say cauda – but that’s just Latin for tail.
29 Nov 2010 — 7:48am
If it is a particularly tailish tail, I would go with caudissima .
André
29 Nov 2010 — 3:09pm
Q-tip
29 Nov 2010 — 5:04pm
While the original poster's second post might have inspired someone to cite an anecdote concerning Abraham Lincoln, I think it's entirely reasonable to wonder if there wasn't some specific technical name for the stroke which distinguishes a Q from an O. Appendage, terminus, cauda, tail... or some other word, unique to the rarefied reaches of typography.