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I am font hunting again

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  • S [email protected]

    I don't need to, there were several alternatives on Wikipedia:

    1. Yxmördaren Julia Blomqvist på fäktning i Schweiz
    2. Schweiz för lyxfjäder på qvist bakom ugn
    3. FAQ om Schweiz: Klöv du trång pjäxby? - this is an incomprehensible sentence, though it must be said, it does sound Swedish when spoken.
    4. Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp - this is also incomprehensible, plus the first word seems to be misspelled, it should be "Yxskaftsbud", the missing s makes it hard to pronounce
    5. Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qwickt få byx av - a sentence with old spellings and words, and rather naughty meaning, this sentence also misses the letter V, in the past when w and v could be used interchangeably it would be a proper pangram.
    6. Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen - misses Q and Z, but has the combinations fj and fö, which is very useful to test fonts for Swedish compabillity.
    7. Tjock ges BMW på quiz, hänförd av lyx - one of the best pangrams here, it contains every letter and, even better, is perfectly logical.
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    I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it")

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      In France, we have "Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume" ("Bring that old whiskey to the blond smoking judge") and I find it really... french since we manage to put alcohol and tobacco in an alexandrine just to make a pangram.

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      It's an imperfect one as it's missing all the accented characters. Given the state of some fonts, you really want to test those, especially upper case ones.

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      • spicehoarder@lemmy.zipS [email protected]

        Hi, it's me, your Gothic Demon

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        So just for posterity how many times do I have to say it before it works?

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          "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."
          ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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          • ivanafterall@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

            "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."
            ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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            • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

              I've never seen a fox in daily life either. Might as well be the same as a sphinx if that's the bar.

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              You're missing out. Foxes are great.

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                The hungry purple dinosaur ate the kind, zingy fox, the jabbering crab, and the mad whale and started vending and quacking.

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                  It's easier to remember?

                  I mean, I'm not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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                    “Yellow the goose self”?

                    I think my translator is hallucinating again

                    Edit: and if not, that’s a dope metalcore band name

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                    How in touch are you with your gooseself?

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                    • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comR [email protected]

                      contains all the 27 letters of the english alphabet: a-z and '

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                      But where's the love?

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                        Well, jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. So there.

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                        My sphinx of black quartz brings all the jackdaws to the yard

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                        • K [email protected]

                          I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it")

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                          That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover".

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                            That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover".

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                            Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from.

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                            • Z [email protected]

                              I said that phrase and summoned a Gothic Demon

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                              I tried this, Odin is throwing rocks at me now. If I try to kill him do I go to Valhalla or Hel?

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                                qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm is my favorite word

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                                • M [email protected]

                                  It's easier to remember?

                                  I mean, I'm not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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                                  Not me. I can never remember it. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow feels like a declaration a wizard would make with his dying breath. I don't think I'll forget it soon.

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                                    It doesn't have the same flow.

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                                      You missed an S

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                                      • callyral@pawb.socialC [email protected]

                                        erm, it's "jumps" over the lazy dog, not "jumped".

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                                        That makes more sense as the phrase posted on the original image is missing an S

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                                        • M [email protected]

                                          It's easier to remember?

                                          I mean, I'm not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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                                          It's easier to remember?

                                          Because you've seen it repeatedly over years and years of time

                                          Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

                                          Either you never had to take typing, never had to change your font, or just weren't very observant. I've seen that phrase hundreds of times over the decades. Hell, I remember having to type the stupid phrase repeatedly in typing class back in the day.

                                          'Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow' is much cooler and more memorable, just from one read.

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