The Quick Brown Fox and other pangrams
If you are not sure what to type when you want to showcase your type design, using pangrams is a great way to see all your letters in action. A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of a given alphabet at least once.
The most famous English pangram: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog uses 33 letters and has been around since the 1888. Here’s a work in progress of Latin and Cyrillic based languages.
English
Nymphs blitz quick vex dwarf jog
DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog
Big fjords vex quick waltz nymph
Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymph
Waltz job vexed quick frog nymphs
Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps
Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs
Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex!
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud!
Fox nymphs grab quick-jived waltz
Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox
Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf
Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack
Vexed nymphs go for quick waltz job
Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim
Quick blowing zephyrs vex daft Jim
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow!
Sex-charged fop blew my junk TV quiz
Both fickle dwarves jinx my pig quiz
Fat hag dwarves quickly zap jinx mob
Hick dwarves jam blitzing foxy quip
Fox dwarves chop my talking quiz job
Public junk dwarves quiz mighty fox
Jack fox bids ivy-strewn phlegm quiz
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex
Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz
“Now fax quiz Jack!” my brave ghost pled
Jack, love my big wad of sphinx quartz!
Do wafting zephyrs quickly vex Jumbo?
Go, lazy fat vixen; be shrewd, jump quick
Fickle jinx bog dwarves spy math quiz
Big dwarves heckle my top quiz of jinx
Fickle bog dwarves jinx empathy quiz
Public junk dwarves hug my quartz fox
Jumping hay dwarves flock quartz box
Five jumping wizards hex bolty quick
Five hexing wizard bots jump quickly
Quick fox jumps nightly above wizard
Vamp fox held quartz duck just by wing
Five quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed
The five boxing wizards jump quickly
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz
Show mangled quartz flip vibe exactly
My jocks box, get hard, unzip, quiver, flow
Kvetching, flummoxed by job, W. zaps Iraq
My ex pub quiz crowd gave joyful thanks
Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk
A very bad quack might jinx zippy fowls
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs
Few quips galvanized the mock jury box
Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Quilt frenzy jackdaw gave them best pox
Jumpy halfling dwarves pick quartz box
Schwarzkopf vexed Iraq big-time in July
Vex quest wizard, judge my backflop hand
The jay, pig, fox, zebra and my wolves quack!
Blowzy red vixens fight for a quick jump
Sex prof gives back no quiz with mild joy
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Quest judge wizard bonks foxy chimp love
Boxers had zap of gay jock love, quit women
Joaquin Phoenix was gazed by MTV for luck
JCVD might pique a sleazy boxer with funk
Quizzical twins proved my hijack-bug fix
Fix problem quickly with galvanized jets
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Waxy and quivering, jocks fumble the pizza
When zombies arrive, quickly fax judge Pat
Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs
A wizard’s job is to vex chumps quickly in fog
Sympathizing would fix Quaker objectives
Pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs
BlewJ’s computer quiz favored proxy hacking
Quads of blowzy fjord ignite map vex’d chicks
Fake bugs put in wax jonquils drive him crazy
Watch “Jeopardy!”, Alex Trebek’s fun TV quiz game
GQ jock wears vinyl tuxedo for showbiz promo
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs
Who packed five dozen old quart jugs in my box?
Woven silk pyjamas exchanged for blue quartz
Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him
Twelve ziggurats quickly jumped a finch box
Prating jokers quizzically vexed me with fibs
My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show
The quick onyx goblin jumps over the lazy dwarf
The lazy major was fixing Cupid’s broken quiver
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes
Jacky can now give six big tips from the old quiz
Lovak won the squad prize cup for sixty big jumps
J. Fox made five quick plays to win the big prize
Foxy diva Jennifer Lopez wasn’t baking my quiche
Cozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen
By Jove, my quick study of lexicography won a prize
Levi Lentz packed my bag with six quarts of juice
Painful zombies quickly watch a jinxed graveyard
Fax back Jim’s Gwyneth Paltrow video quiz
As quirky joke, chefs won’t pay devil magic zebra tax
My girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit
Then a cop quizzed Mick Jagger’s ex-wives briefly
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz
“Who am taking the ebonics quiz?”, the prof jovially axed
Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?
Grumpy wizards make a toxic brew for the jovial queen
Sixty zips were quickly picked from the woven jute bag
Big July earthquakes confound zany experimental vow
Foxy parsons quiz and cajole the lovably dim wiki-girl
Cute, kind, jovial, foxy physique, amazing beauty? Wowser!
Have a pick: twenty-six — no forcing a jumbled quiz!
A very big box sailed up then whizzed quickly from Japan
Battle of Thermopylae: Quick javelin grazed wry Xerxes
Jack quietly moved up front and seized the big ball of wax
Few black taxis drive up major roads on quiet hazy nights
Just poets wax boldly as kings and queens march over fuzz
Bored? Craving a pub quiz fix? Why, just come to the Royal Oak!
Quincy Pondexter blocked five jams against the Wizards!
Crazy Frederick bought many very exquisite opal jewels
A quivering Texas zombie fought republic linked jewelry
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and jack
The job of waxing linoleum frequently peeves chintzy kids
Back in June we delivered oxygen equipment of the same size
Just keep examining every low bid quoted for zinc etchings
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts!
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats
All questions asked by five watched experts amaze the judge
Bobby Klun awarded Jayme sixth place for her very high quiz
The wizard quickly jinxed the gnomes before they vaporized
Zelda might fix the job growth plans very quickly on Monday
Zack Gappow saved the job requirement list for the six boys
Jackie will budget for the most expensive zoology equipment
Quirky spud boys can jam after zapping five worthy Polysixes
Jim quickly realized that the beautiful gowns are expensive
Bulgarian
Ах чудна българска земьо, полюшвай цъфтящи жита
Жълтата дюля беше щастлива, че пухът, който цъфна, замръзна като гьон
За миг бях в чужд плюшен скърцащ фотьойл
Вкъщи не яж сьомга с фиде без ракийка и хапка люта чушчица!
Под южно дърво, цъфтящо в синьо, бягаше малко пухкаво зайче
Шугав льохман, държащ птицечовка без сейф и ютия
Я, пазачът Вальо уж бди, а скришом хапва кюфтенца зад щайгите
Хълцайки много, въздесъщият позьор, Юрий жабока, фучеше
Гномът Доцьо приключи спящ в шейна за жаби
Щиглецът се яде само пържен в юфка без чушки и хвойна
Фучейки и хълцайки, кьоравият грухтящ шопар жадно стъпка зюмбюлите
Хълцащ змей плюе шофьор стигнал чуждия бивак
Щурчо Цоньо хапваше ловджийско кюфте с бяла гъмза
Catalan
«Dóna amor que seràs feliç!». Això, il·lús company geniüt, ja és un lluït rètol blavís d’onze kWh
(with ç) Jove xef, porti whisky amb quinze glaçons d’hidrogen, coi!
Aqueix betzol, Jan, comprava whisky de figa
Zel de grum: quetxup, whisky, cafè, bon vi; ja!
Coi! quinze jans golafres de Xàtiva, beuen whisky a pams
Croatian
Gojazni đačić s biciklom drži hmelj i finu vatu u džepu nošnje
Czech
Nechť již hříšné saxofony ďáblů rozezvučí síň úděsnými tóny waltzu, tanga a quickstepu
Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy
Hleď, toť přízračný kůň v mátožné póze šíleně úpí
Zvlášť zákeřný učeň s ďolíčky běží podél zóny úlů
Loď čeří kýlem tůň obzvlášť v Grónské úžině
Ó, náhlý déšť již zvířil prach a čilá laň teď běží s houfcem gazel k úkrytům
Danish
Høj bly gom vandt fræk sexquiz på wc
Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen Walther spillede på xylofon
Estonian
Põdur Zagrebi tšellomängija-följetonist Ciqo külmetas kehvas garaažis
See väike mölder jõuab rongile hüpata
Jubedalt möirgav lõukoer hüppas tänaval
Finnish
Törkylempijävongahdus
Albert osti fagotin ja töräytti puhkuvan melodian
Lorun sangen pieneksi hyödyksi jäivät suomen kirjaimet
Hyvän lorun sangen pieneksi hyödyksi jäi suomen kirjaimet
Fahrenheit ja Celsius yrjösivät Åsan backgammon-peliin, Volkswagenissa, daiquirin ja ZX81:n yhteisvaikutuksesta
Charles Darwin jammaili Åken hevixylofonilla Qatarin yöpub Zeligissä
Wieniläinen sioux’ta puhuva ökyzombie diggaa Åsan roquefort-tacoja
French
Buvez de ce whisky que le patron juge fameux
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui a fumé
Bâchez la queue du wagon-taxi avec les pyjamas du fakir
Voyez le brick géant que j’examine près du wharf
Voix ambiguë d’un cœur qui au zéphyr préfère les jattes de kiwi
Monsieur Jack, vous dactylographiez bien mieux que votre ami Wolf
German
Sylvia wagt quick den Jux bei Pforzheim
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern
Victor jagt zwölf Boxkämpfer quer über den großen Sylter Deich
“Fix, Schwyz!” quäkt Jürgen blöd vom Paß
“Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg”
Hungarian
Jó foxim és don Quijote húszwattos lámpánál ülve egy pár bűvös cipőt készít
Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép
Icelandic
Kæmi ný öxi hér, ykist þjófum nú bæði víl og ádrepa
Svo hölt, yxna kýr þegði jú um dóp í fé á bæ
Þú dazt á hnéð í vök og yfir blóm sexý pæju
Italian
Ma la volpe, col suo balzo, ha raggiunto il quieto Fido
Quel vituperabile xenofobo zelante assaggia il whisky ed esclama: alleluja!
Pranzo d’acqua fa volti sghembi
O templi, quarzi, vigne, fidi boschi!
Che tempi brevi, zio, quando solfeggi
Qualche notizia pavese mi fa sbadigliare
In quel campo si trovan funghi in abbondanza
Qualche vago ione tipo zolfo, bromo, sodio
Berlusconi? Quiz, tv, paghe da fame
Norwegian
Vår sære Zulu fra badeøya spilte jo whist og quickstep i min taxi
Høvdingens kjære squaw får litt pizza i Mexico by
IQ-løs WC-boms uten hørsel skjærer god pizza på xylofon
Sær golfer med kølle vant sexquiz på wc i hjemby
Jeg begynte å fortære en sandwich mens jeg kjørte taxi på vei til quiz
Polish
Pójdźże, kiń tę chmurność w głąb flaszy!
Mężny bądź, chroń pułk twój i sześć flag
Filmuj rzeź żądań, pość, gnęb chłystków!
Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig
Dość gróźb fuzją, klnę, pych i małżeństw!
Pójdź w loch zbić małżeńską gęś futryn!
Chwyć małżonkę, strój bądź pleśń z fugi
Portuguese
Um pequeno jabuti xereta viu dez cegonhas felizes
Blitz prende ex-vesgo com cheque fajuto
Gazeta publica hoje no jornal uma breve nota de faxina na quermesse
Luís argüia à Júlia que «brações, fé, chá, óxido, pôr, zângão» eram palavras do português
Luís argued to Júlia that “big arms, faith, tea, oxide, to put, bee” were Portuguese words
À noite, vovô Kowalsky vê o ímã cair no pé do pingüim queixoso e vovó põe açúcar no chá de tâmaras do jabuti feliz
Romanian
Muzicologă în bej vând whisky și tequila, preț fix
Bând whisky, jazologul șprițuit vomă fix în tequila
Ex-sportivul își fumează jucăuș țigara bând whisky cu tequila
Înjurând pițigăiat, zoofobul comandă vexat whisky și tequila
Serbian (some also apply to Croatian and Bosnian)
Gojazni đačić s biciklom drži hmelj i finu vatu u džepu nošnje
Fin džip, gluh jež i čvrst konjić dođoše bez moljca
Љубазни фењерџија чађавог лица хоће да ми покаже штос
Ljubazni fenjerdžija čađavog lica hoće da mi pokaže štos
Ајшо, лепото и чежњо, за љубав срца мога дођи у Хаџиће на кафу
Ajšo, lepoto i čežnjo, za ljubav srca moga dođi u Hadžiće na kafu
Slovak
Kŕdeľ ďatľov učí koňa žrať kôru (contains only all accented except š)
Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso
Slovenian
Hišničin bratec vzgaja polže pod fikusom
Besni dirkač iz formule žuga cehu poštarjev
Fučka se mi hladna goveja žolca brez pršuta
Šerif bo za vajo spet kuhal domače žgance
Piškur molče grabi fižol z dna cezijeve hoste
V kožuščku hudobnega fanta stopiclja mizar
Spanish
Benjamín pidió una bebida de kiwi y fresa; Noé, sin vergüenza, la más exquisita champaña del menú
José compró una vieja zampoña en Perú Excusándose, Sofía tiró su whisky al desagüe de la banqueta
El veloz murciélago hindú comía feliz cardillo y kiwi
La cigüeña tocaba el saxofón detrás del palenque de paja
El pingüino Wenceslao hizo kilómetros bajo exhaustiva lluvia y frío; añoraba a su querido cachorro
Jovencillo emponzoñado de whisky: ¡qué figurota exhibe!
Ese libro explica en su epígrafe las hazañas y aventuras de Don Quijote de la Mancha en Kuwait
Queda gazpacho, fibra, látex, jamón, kiwi y viñas
Whisky bueno: ¡excitad mi frágil pequeña vejez!
Es extraño mojar queso en la cerveza o probar whisky de garrafa
Swedish
Flygande bäckasiner söka hwila på mjuka tuvor
Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp
Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qvickt få byxa
Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen
Ukrainian
Чуєш їх, доцю, га? Кумедна ж ти, прощайся без ґольфів!
Жебракують філософи при ґанку церкви в Гадячі, ще й шатро їхнє п’яне знаємо
Welsh
Parciais fy jac codi baw hud llawn dŵr ger tŷ Mabon
Only with diacritical marks and other national specific
Czech
Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy
Příšerně žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy
Hleď, toť přízračný kůň v mátožné póze šíleně úpí
Zvlášť zákeřný učeň s ďolíčky běží podél zóny úlů
Loď čeří kýlem tůň obzvlášť v Grónské úžině
Ój, náhlý déšť teď zvířil prach a čilá laň běží s houfcem gazel k úkrytům
Červený střízlíček a špinavá žlůva ďobali šťavnaté ocúny
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