Dummy text

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As dummy text is the text referred to it in the design of publications used when the actual text is not yet available.

A sample sheet with fonts and languages ​​by William Caslon I , type caster; from the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences . The dummy text is “ Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? “Used.

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With the help of dummy text, the distribution of the text on the page (can layout or type area ) as well as readability and space requirements of your fonts ( typography ) are assessed. It consists of a more or less meaningless sequence of words , often only word-like sequences of syllables . A well-known example of this is the “Latin” Lorem ipsum . Composer of songs using dummy text when composing melodies and sing them before the lyrics is sealed.

Other texts are used to compare the characteristics of the fonts with one another. In such pan-grammes , if possible, all letters and special characters of the respective language-typical alphabet are used with the shortest possible total length of the sentence or sentences. Well-known examples are:

  • "Franz chases across Bavaria in a completely neglected taxi." (Known from the Microsoft Windows font display )
  • "Incorrect practice of xylophone music torments every taller dwarf." (Known from the KDE font ad )
  • "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" ( English for "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog")
  • "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (Jackdaws love my big sphinx made of quartz)
  • "Twelve boxers chase Viktor across the great Sylt dike"
  • "The hot Cyprus sun tormented Max and Victoria badly on the way to the coast"
  • "Fix Schwyz! Jürgen stupid squeaks from the pass ”- this sentence is the only known German real pangram that contains every letter, including the umlauts and the ß , exactly once (according to the new spelling , however,“ pass ”is written with“ ss ”)
  • " Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed ut labore et eiusmod tempor incidunt dolore magna aliqua." - a kind verballhorntes Latin .

It can be even shorter: Font sample words like “ Hamburgefonts ” represent the character of a font without using the entire alphabet.

Character Generator Protocol

The Character Generator Protocol (CHARGEN) is part of the Internet protocol family for testing, measuring and troubleshooting Internet connections. 

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefgh
"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghi
#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghij
$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijk

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  1. ^ Network Working Group , RfC 864, May 1983, Character Generator Protocol