> > And I agree the cursive 'Q' is rather dumb because it looks too similar to a cursive '2'.
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> The Q doesn't look so much like a 2 if you do it right. Start at the lower (not upper!) left corner, make a big loop clockwise back to where you started, and then curve in and back to the right to make the tail.

Although it would make more sense, I've never seen it done that way, not even on the charts. Why? I don't know.

Nyperold