Hamburgevons
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thumb|'Hamburgevons' rendered using seven fonts: Helvetica Neue, [[Semplicità, Ernestine, Gimlet, Marcia, Adobe Caslon and Garibaldi]] The word Hamburgevons (also Hamburgefons, Hamburgefonstiv or Hamburgefönstiv) is a short piece of meaningless filler text used for assessing the design and the appearance of a typeface. It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be recognized quickly. It consists of the letters that are often first designed when designing a typeface.
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thumb|'Hamburgevons' rendered using seven fonts: Helvetica Neue, [[Semplicità, Ernestine, Gimlet, Marcia, Adobe Caslon and Garibaldi]] The word Hamburgevons (also Hamburgefons, Hamburgefonstiv or Hamburgefönstiv) is a short piece of meaningless filler text used for assessing the design and the appearance of a typeface. It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be recognized quickly. It consists of the letters that are often first designed when designing a typeface.
The word is useful for typographers and designers during the design of a font, as the form of its letters include all of the curves and abutments normally found in a font. As a test word, it is useful for determining the visual readability of a font chosen for a layout. A version of it is often used as a standard word in the visual layout of fonts submitted to competitions and exhibitions.
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