(This page revised July 29, 2021)
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| QF | (also Q.F.) See Nozac. |
| Quadrata |
A subclass of Blackletter scripts used most commonly for the German language during the early days of printing. Shown below is the Quadrata style used in Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible (c. 1453). See also Bâtarde, Blackletter, calligraphy, chancery, Fraktur.
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| quasi-inlaid nib | See inset nib. |
| Queen |
(Queen & Co., also James W. Queen & Co.) A manufacturer of fountain pens and instruments for engineers and surveyors, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; founded sometime before 1870 and remained in business until sometime after 1907. Queen fountain pens were fitted with nibs by James Morton of New York City. The advertising cut shown below was published in 1892, in The American Stationer and Office Outfitter.
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| quill | 1 The central shaft of a feather, comprising the hollow larger end, or calamus, and the solid smaller end, or rachis. 2 (also quill pen) The immediate ancestor of the dip pen: a feather, usually a primary from the left wing of a goose, that has been made into a pen for writing by removing the barbs for some distance up the shaft to provide clearance for the writer’s hand, heat-tempering the exposed calamus for strength and durability, and cutting a split point in the end of the calamus. See also dip pen. 3 A term for the taper of a desk pen. See taper. |
| Quink | An elision of quick and ink; Parker’s registered trademark name for a proprietary quick-drying fountain pen ink introduced in 1931. For many years, Quink’s advertising featured “Solv-X,” a special ingredient claimed to clean the pen while you use it. See also Solv-X. |
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