Sample text for proofing typefaces

Proofing my 'Sticky' font.

Word list

aaron abduct accidental adjacent aeron afghan after agnostic aint anaheim and anybody although allotted ambidextrous amend announced aqua arrangement ask aspin ate attitude authorised avant avery award axolotl baby baghdad banana balter batty baste beeped bent binded billow bizarre blood bottle bowwow boyfriend builder bubbly buzzing byproduct bystander byzantine cappuccino cattle cent chant cicero close coccyx cooked copyright coyote croquet cumbersome cutting cycle cylinder czech dabble daddy day dear dented divide don’t drown during dyke each ebb eek ensnare eons epiphany estuary etcetera etching equine ew fabric farming feared filler fizzy fjord fluid foggy foxxy frontal fungal gaggle geared gifted gong gnome grubby gush happened happiness hellish hinge hope hungry hyphen ian icy idiot i’m impossible intolerant iota it’s irritant i’ve jazzy jagged jenga jill joint just kangaroo kettle kitchen kookaburra kong laboratory landing left likely lilac little loco lolly lover’s luna luxurious lying master metres miss moonlight morph mr mrs ms mummy nasal neanderthal necessarily nine nifty nonsense noon numb oar obfuscate occult oddly often oh okay omission oscillate ozone parallel pang pear phase picnic pneumonic poppy porous psychology punch pygmy quantum queen quince quota radii rafferty rattle reassure resist retiree rice roommate running sassafras savvy scent scuttle seismic shamed shining sieve sister skink slump snide soup spire stay subject sultana svelte swiftly swung tallied tattooed tension the theatre title totally trekked tutor twenty tying vacuum variable vent vivid void vulnerable vying waffle wally warranted water weather whale winch withheld worry wurst wysiwyg wyvern xavier xenon xmas xylophone yak yeah yip you’re yuck zac zeal zigzag zing zodiac zoo

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Why no quick brown fox?

Here is a great article on why pangrams aren't the best for proofing typefaces: typography.com/blog/text-for-proofing-fonts. I find a dedicated word list covers more real world combinations and looks more natural.

Numbers and fractions

$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $0
£1 £2 £3 £4 £5 £6 £7 £8 £9 £0
€1 €2 €3 €4 €5 €6 €7 €8 €9 €0
฿1 ฿2 ฿3 ฿4 ฿5 ฿6 ฿7 ฿8 ฿9 ฿0
1¢ 2¢ 3¢ 4¢ 5¢ 6¢ 7¢ 8¢ 9¢ 0¢
1/2 2/3 4/5 6/7 8/9

111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 000
1¹ 1² 1³ 2¹ 2² 2³ 3¹ 3² 3³ 4¹ 4² 4³ 5¹ 5² 5³ 6¹ 6² 6³ 7¹ 7² 7³ 8¹ 8² 8³ 9¹ 9² 9³
1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%
⅕ ¼ ⅓ ½ ⅔ ¾

• 123g butter, softened

• 456g (1 ½ cups) icing sugar

• 78ml (¼ cup) gin

• 9 tbsp tonic water

• 10 tsp finely grated lemon rind

• 1 ¾ x 987g madeira cakes

• 1 ⅓ x 654g packets white chocolate melts

• 1 ⅔ cup desiccated coconut

• 1 ⅕ cup milk

Symbols

{{curly}} (parenthesis) [square] #hash asterix* colon: semicolon; tilde~ exclamation! question? interrobang‽ caret^ degrees° <great&less> pipe|pipe
‘singlequote’ 'straightquotes' “doublequotes” "doublestraight"
person_name@email.com
©copyright ­registered® trademarked™

Kerning pairs

Av Aw Ay Az Fa Fe Fi Fo Fu Kv Kw Ky Pa Pe Po Ta Te Ti To Tr Ts Tu Ty Va Ve Vo Vr Vu Vy Wa We Wr Wv Wy

AC AT AVA AWA AYA AV AW AY AZ CT CYC FA FE FO KV KW KY LO LV LY NG OD PA PA PE PO TA TA TE TI TO TR TS TU TY UA VA VA VE VO VR VU VY WA WO WA WE WR WV WY YS

Punctuation

A… A. A: A, A; A! A?
B… B. B: B, B; B! B?
C… C. C: C, C; C! C?
D… D. D: D, D; D! D?
E… E. E: E, E; E! E?
F… F. F: F, F; F! F?
G… G. G: G, G; G! G?
H… H. H: H, H; H! H?
I… I. I: I, I; I! I?
J… J. J: J, J; J! J?
K… K. K: K, K; K! K?
L… L. L: L, L; L! L?
M… M. M: M, M; M! M?
N… N. N: N, N; N! N?
O… O. O: O, O; O! O?
P… P. P: P, P; P! P?
Q… Q. Q: Q, Q; Q! Q?
R… R. R: R, R; R! R?
S… S. S: S, S; S! S?
T… T. T: T, T; T! T?
U… U. U: U, U; U! U?
V… V. V: V, V; V! V?
W… W. W: W, W; W! W?
X… X. X: X, X; X! X?
Y… Y. Y: Y, Y; Y! Y?
Z… Z. Z: Z, Z; Z! Z?

a… a. a: a, a; a! a?
b… b. b: b, b; b! b?
c… c. c: c, c; c! c?
d… d. d: d, d; d! d?
e… e. e: e, e; e! e?
f… f. f: f, f; f! f?
g… g. g: g, g; g! g?
h… h. h: h, h; h! h?
i… i. i: i, i; i! i?
j… j. j: j, j; j! j?
k… k. k: k, k; k! k?
l… l. l: l, l; l! l?
m… m. m: m, m; m! m?
n… n. n: n, n; n! n?
o… o. o: o, o; o! o?
p… p. p: p, p; p! p?
q… q. q: q, q; q! q?
r… r. r: r, r; r! r?
s… s. s: s, s; s! s?
t… t. t: t, t; t! t?
u… u. u: u, u; u! u?
v… v. v: v, v; v! v?
w… w. w: w, w; w! w?
x… x. x: x, x; x! x?
y… y. y: y, y; y! y?
z… z. z: z, z; z! z?

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