Sample text for proofing typefaces
Below you’ll find sample text that I use to test my fonts. I’ve included an ever-growing selection of character and symbol combinations to check your kerning, collisions and overall tone. Copy and paste into your desired testing program (I use Illustrator) and give your characters a good twice over.
Word list
aaron abduct adjacent afghan after anaheim anybody although allotted ambidextrous amend announced aqua arrangement ask aspin ate attitude authorised avery award baby baghdad banana batty beeped billow bizarre bottle bowwow boyfriend bubbly buzzing byproduct bystander byzantine cappuccino cattle coccyx copyright coyote croquet czech cycle cylinder dabble daddy day divide don’t during dyke each ebb ensnare etching equine fizzy fjord fluid foxxy frontal gaggle geared gnome grubby happened happiness hyphen i’m impossible intolerant it’s i’ve jazzy jagged jenga jill joint just kangaroo kettle kitchen left likely lilac little loco lolly lover’s luxurious master miss moonlight mr mrs ms mummy nasal neanderthal necessarily nine noon obfuscate oddly often okay omission ozone parallel pear picnic pneumonic poppy porous pygmy quantum queen quince quota radii rafferty rattle reassure resist retiree roommate running sassafras savvy scent scuttle seismic sieve sister stay subject sultana svelte swiftly tallied tattooed tension title totally trekked tutor vacuum variable vivid waffle wally warranted water whale withheld worry wysiwyg xenon xmas yak yeah you’re yuck zac zeal zodiac zoo zigzag
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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
$00 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90
£00 £10 £20 £30 £40 £50 £60 £70 £80 £90
€00 €10 €20 €30 €40 €50 €60 €70 €80 €90
00¢ 11¢ 22¢ 33¢ 44¢ 55¢ 66¢ 77¢ 88¢ 99¢
111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 000
00% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
145g butter, softened
230g (1 ½ cups) icing sugar
60ml (¼ cup) gin
4 tbsp tonic water
6 tsp finely grated lemon rind
7 ¾ x 450g madeira cakes
8 ⅓ x 290g packets white chocolate melts
1 ⅔ cup desiccated coconut
Kerning pairs
Av Aw Ay Az Fa Fe Fo 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
H… H. H: H, H; H! H? 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?
h… h. h: h, h; h! h? 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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