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He did it!
The quick brown fox (really) jumps over the lazy dog. “I’m very proud of myself”, he said.
¶ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is a pangram (a phrase that contains all of the letters of the English alphabet).
It has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards, and in other applications involving all of the letters in the English alphabet.
Due to its shortness and coherence, it has become widely known and is often used in visual arts.
As the use of typewriters grew in the late 19th century, the phrase began appearing in typing and stenography lesson books as a practice sentence. Early examples of publications which utilized the phrase include Illustrative Shorthand by Linda Bronson (1888), How to Become Expert in Typewriting: A Complete Instructor Designed Especially for the Remington Typewriter (1890), and Typewriting Instructor and Stenographer's Hand-book (1892). By the turn of the 20th century, the phrase had become widely known. In the January 10, 1903 issue of Pitman's Phonetic Journal, it is referred to as "the well known memorized typing line embracing all the letters of the alphabet". Robert Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys (1908) uses the phrase as a practice sentence for signalling.
In earlier days the phrase was used by telex operators on a daily basis. When initiating a connection with a remote colleague, this sentence, followed by 1234567890, was typed in first at both sides to make sure that all characters were transmitted correctly. (A failure of a single character was much more common than it is today, due to the mechanical nature of the keyboards, printer devices and no error correction on telecom lines.) Compared to a line with all 26 characters of the alphabet typed in sequence, proofreading this phrase and spotting a missing character at the receiving side was more reliable.
As the use of typewriters grew in the late 19th century, the phrase began appearing in typing and stenography lesson books as a practice sentence. Early examples of publications which utilized the phrase include Illustrative Shorthand by Linda Bronson (1888), How to Become Expert in Typewriting: A Complete Instructor Designed Especially for the Remington Typewriter (1890), and Typewriting Instructor and Stenographer's Hand-book (1892). By the turn of the 20th century, the phrase had become widely known. In the January 10, 1903 issue of Pitman's Phonetic Journal, it is referred to as "the well known memorized typing line embracing all the letters of the alphabet". Robert Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys (1908) uses the phrase as a practice sentence for signalling.
In earlier days the phrase was used by telex operators on a daily basis. When initiating a connection with a remote colleague, this sentence, followed by 1234567890, was typed in first at both sides to make sure that all characters were transmitted correctly. (A failure of a single character was much more common than it is today, due to the mechanical nature of the keyboards, printer devices and no error correction on telecom lines.) Compared to a line with all 26 characters of the alphabet typed in sequence, proofreading this phrase and spotting a missing character at the receiving side was more reliable.