Friday, February 4, 2005

Sample Test

The followings are the same idea of the brown fox English sentence on other languages:

1. English: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2. Irish: "An ḃfuil do ċroí ag bualaḋ ó ḟaitíos an ġrá a ṁeall lena ṗóg éada ó ṡlí do leasa ṫú?" "D'ḟuascail Íosa Úrṁac na hÓiġe Beannaiṫe pór Éava agus Áḋaiṁ."
3. Dutch: Pa's wijze lynx bezag vroom het fikse aquaduct.
4. German: Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg.
5. German: Im finſteren Jagdſchloß am offenen Felsquellwaſſer patzte der affig-flatterhafte kauzig-höf‌liche Bäcker über ſeinem verſifften kniffligen C-Xylophon.
6. Swedish: Flygande bäckasiner söka strax hwila på mjuka tuvor.
7. Czech: Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské kódy.
8. Slovak: Starý kôň na hŕbe kníh žuje tíško povädnuté ruže, na stĺpe sa ďateľ učí kvákať novú ódu o živote.
9. Russian: В чащах юга жил-был цитрус? Да, но фальшивый экземпляр! ёъ.
10. Bulgarian: Жълтата дюля беше щастлива, че пухът, който цъфна, замръзна като гьон.
11. Sami (Northern): Vuol Ruoŧa geđggiid leat máŋga luosa ja čuovžža.
12. Hungarian: Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép.
13. Spanish: El pingüino Wenceslao hizo kilómetros bajo exhaustiva lluvia y frío, añoraba a su querido cachorro.
14. Portuguese: O próximo vôo à noite sobre o Atlântico, põe freqüentemente o único médico.
15. French: Les naïfs ægithales hâtifs pondant à Noël où il gèle sont sûrs d'être déçus et de voir leurs drôles d'œufs abîmés.
16. Esperanto: Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde.
17. Hebrew: .זה כיף סתם לשמוע איך תנצח קרפד עץ טוב בגן
18. Japanese (Hiragana):
いろはにほへど ちりぬるを
わがよたれぞ つねならむ
うゐのおくやま けふこえて
あさきゆめみじ ゑひもせず

Content source: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html#quickbrownfox

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

I believe that everyone in the graphics field has seen this sentence everywhere, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." I wonder how many of you understand why this sentence gets so popular. Since English uses the 26 alphabets to form a meaningful word, this sentence is very helpful on typography to see the appearance of every character of the twenty-six. I did not learn this in my Digital Typography class when I was studying in the Academy. It's either that I did not pay attention on the instructor, or that the instructor did not tell students in the class...

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a: lazy
b: brown
c: quick
d: dog
e: the, over
f: fox
g: dog
h: the
i: quick
j: jumps
k: quick
l: lazy
m: jumps
n: brown
o: brown, fox, over, dog
p: jumps
q: quick
r: brown, over
s: jumps
t: the
u: quick, jumps
v: over
w: brown
x: fox
y: lazy
z: lazy