Type Testing Template

Note: The Comprehensive Type Testing Template for Type Designers is available now.

This is the template I use to test all Typeheist fonts. I created it when I realised the standard 'quick brown fox' or A-Z of characters wasn't going to cut it when testing complex handwritten fonts. As I added more and more characters and multi-linguals, I needed an easy way to test my typefaces without recreating the same thing each time (or worse - different, inconsistent things each time).

I slowly built up this template of sample text, and included all the characters I create for my fonts in different scenarios (such as paragraphs of text, bullet points or recipes). I could then see which common characters I was missing, or which characters don't quite flow with others.

I thought it might be helpful to other font testers, so here it is. I hope you can find it useful.

In this template, you'll find:

• A word cloud of different (and sometimes awkward) letter combinations. Think 'adjacent', 'radii' or 'roommate'

• Paragraphs of text in uppercase, lowercase and title case

• Numbers, fractions, currency, symbols, bullets

• A list of kerning pairs to test often 'spacey' combinations such as 'AVA', 'AWA'

• English and multi-lingual characters

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Note: Type Testing Template v2 out now

I've recently extended this template in version 2.0. It's a super comprehensive 16 template, your go-to guide for flawless font testing. You can check it out here.

If you don't need a template, I also have a digital version of the sample text available. Feel free to let me know if this has been helpful to you, I'd love to hear!