PANGRAM
A pangram (Greek: pan gramma, "every letter"), or holoalphabetic sentence, is a sentence which uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. Pangrams are used to display typefaces and test equipment. For example, the pangram The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog was utilized by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability.
Interesting pangrams are generally short; constructing a sentence that includes the fewest repeat letters possible is a challenging task. Longer pangrams that are enlightening, humorous, or eccentric can be noteworthy in their own right. In a sense, the pangram is the opposite of the lipogram, where the aim is to omit one or more letters.
Examples in English (in order of least unneeded letters used)
DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog. (27 letters)
Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps. (28 letters)
Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs. (28 letters)
Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex! (28 letters)
Fox nymphs grab quick-jived waltz. (28 letters)
Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox. (28 letters)
Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf. (28 letters) (Used by Pol van Rhee for Typography class examples)
Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. (29 letters)
Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. (29 letters)
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. (29 letters)
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters) (Used by Adobe InDesign when providing samples of all fonts.)
Sex-charged fop blew my junk TV quiz (29 letters)
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. (30 letters)
Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz. (30 letters)
Quick, Baz, get my woven flax jodhpurs! (30 letters)
"Now fax quiz Jack!" my brave ghost pled. (30 letters)
Five quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed. (31 letters)
The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters) (Used by XXDiff as sample text)
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. (31 letters) (Used by Microsoft Windows XP in certain cases, e.g. when providing samples of the FreesiaUPC or Arabic Transparent family of fonts)
Flummoxed by job, kvetching W. zaps Iraq. (32 letters)
Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk. (32 letters)
A very bad quack might jinx zippy fowls. (32 letters)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters) (Used for font samples by Beagle Bros, Featured in Ella Minnow Pea) Few quips galvanized the mock jury box. (32 letters)
Quick brown dogs jump over the lazy fox. (32 letters) (shortened version of form below)
The jay, pig, fox, zebra, and my wolves quack! (33 letters)
Blowzy red vixens fight for a quick jump. (33 letters)
Joaquin Phoenix was gazed by MTV for luck. (34 letters)
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (35 letters) (Used by Windows as sample text, famous for its coherency)
A wizard’’s job is to vex chumps quickly in fog. (36 letters)
Watch "Jeopardy!", Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game. (37 letters)
Woven silk pyjamas exchanged for blue quartz. (38 letters) (Used for font samples by Scribus)
Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him. (38 letters)
Adjusting quiver and bow, Zompyc[1] killed the fox. (39 letters)
My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (39 letters)
The quick onyx goblin jumps over the lazy dwarf. (39 letters) (From flavor text in a card in the Magic: the Gathering card game)
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. (40 letters)
Cozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen. (41 letters) (Used for font samples by the Macintosh, post-System 7, as well as on certain Palm products)
My girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit. (43 letters)
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. (44 letters)
Big July earthquakes confound zany experimental vow. (45 letters)
Foxy parsons quiz and cajole the lovably dim wiki-girl. (45 letters)
Have a pick: twenty six letters —— no forcing a jumbled quiz! (46 letters)
Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. (48 letters)
Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. (48 letters)
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts! (49 letters) (Used for font samples by the Macintosh, System 7 era)
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. (49 letters)
All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge. (49 letters)
Jack quietly moved up front and seized the big ball of wax. (47 letters)
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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