'Bodoni Classic Swashes', by Gert Wiescher, maybe.?

Dav, quite interesting. And there's a version without the swashes that could be used for the rest of the word...

i'd suggest poetica, it's got four different alternate sets of swashes,
or perhaps baskerville or mrs eaves. they both have what i consider to be an interesting Q.

http://www.themicrofoundry.com/ss_trajic.html

hhp

I just love Goudy's Q's. It's a good thing too, cuz i've been drawing a few of them recently! Another of my favorites is in Californian.
Now that I'm working on Caslon, I'm kinda diggin' the Cinnamon-Roll-Swirl Q of its italic as well.

There's something in the EULAs that says
you can leave stuff up for 24 hours?

Don't be such a prude, girl - single rendered glyphs are fine.

hhp

Tiffany, thanks, I like Ambroise and Champion. Which foundry has such strict EULA? :o

Hrant, too bad "trajic" isn't legible enough for my purpose...

Paul, Good suggestions...

Everybody: Since I'm still not sure what way to go � please keep those Qs coming, those are great for ideas/inspiration!

I'm not a great fan of unicase type, but is there any good stuff with interesting Qs?

I might also use some typeface I already have and just draw a custom "Q". Still, more ideas are welcome.

Is this crazy or what?

Oh, those are just some words I made up for testing purposes only

Metroblack? Caslon Italic?

Typo fixed:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/geist/serifa/testdrive.html?s=SQUID+DAIQUIRI&p=72

:D No need to thank me.

Here's the Caslon italic Q.

If one is going to talk about Caslon Italic's "Q",
certainly the central thing about it is its size-variance:
http://www.themicrofoundry.com/other/caslon_q.gif
Not only is it non-linear, there's even a topological difference in the 8.

hhp

Adobe Garamond Titling has a very long tail -- nice!

>unicase type
Panoptica


I designed the first three below with nothing below the baseline (same idea for the Js), for tight all-cap settings, and to minimize drop cap difficulties (hey, it works for Helvetica):
Oneleigh, Beaufort (this glyph inspired by Univers), Monkey. Number 4, Shinn Sans Extra Bold is thanks to Gill Sans Extra Bold.

http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/ericsans.asp not sure about the Qg ligature.

Always been a sucker for the Bauhaus "Q".

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-bauhaus/

Maybe because it looks like a radio dial.

Tiffany,

That charming Q looks as much as 2 as a Q.

how could i forget Olduvai by our very own Randy Jones??? Great font! and not only the Q!

Lucian has a gorgeous Q:

Eric Sans by Fountain has a great Q
http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/ericsans.asp

Thank you everyone for your great suggestions!
I think I'll do a custom job customizing something in the style of Lucian. (Or maybe purchase Lucian - but the idea of a custom job would fit this project better)