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Photograph a historic site, help Wikipedia, and win a prize. Participate in the world's largest photography competition this month! Learn more The word Hamburgevons (or Hamburgefonstiv or Hamburgefons) is a short piece of meaningless filler text used for assessing the design and the appearance of a typeface.[1][2] It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be recognized quickly.[3][4] It consists of the letters that are often first designed when designing a typeface.[4] 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.[5][6] As a test word, it is useful for determining the visual readability of a font chosen for a layout.[7][8] A version of it is often used as a standard word in the visual layout of fonts submitted to competitions and exhibitions.[9][10][11] Jérôme Peignot, L’Alphabet des lettres, ou le peti

Hamburgevons - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Text used as a sample for assessing fonts 'Hamburgevons' rendered using seven fonts: Helvetica Neue , Semplicità , Ernestine, Gimlet, Marcia, Adobe Caslon and Garibaldi The word Hamburgevons (also Hamburgefons , Hamburgefonstiv or Hamburgefönstiv [ citation needed ] ) is a short piece of meaningless filler text used for assessing the design and the appearance of a typeface . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be re

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