Do You Have A "test Phrase"?

[Supermassive]

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

[Freddy]

Do You Have A "test Phrase"?




Fred
say good night...good nite

[Auspice]

I vary and I've actually written up a list of many of these, but right now I'm enjoying-

 

Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jager

[carlos.q]

I vary and I've actually written up a list of many of these, but right now I'm enjoying-

 

Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jager

Oh how I love Google translate!

[yamborghini]

I do the standard quick brown fox line but normally I like writing John Hancock and also the name of the pen, the make, the nib and what colour I'm using.

[byggyns]

In addition to the fox pangram and the usual lines & curves, I've lately taken to writing the opening verse of "The Song of the Lonely Mountain" from Tolkien's The Hobbit.

 

Far over the Misty Mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away, ere break of day,

To seek our long forgotten gold

 

Sometimes I'll write a few more verses.

 

Before this, it was usually the first several lines of the Gettysburg Address.

[Auspice]

For handwriting practice (not so much a test phrase), I've been writing the entire lyrics to hip-hop songs. Why? Because I find a certain amusing charm in seeing them written in my (admittedly jenky) flowing cursive.

[scratchofapen]

Hmm, it is quite intresting what people write at first with a new pen.....

 

That would be for me:

1. Name of the pen

2. Nibtype

3. Name of the ink

4. If not the quick brown fox than this refrain from Blind Guardian

 

Mirror Mirror on the wall

True hope lies beyond the coast

You're a damned kind can't you see

That the winds will change

Mirror Mirror on the wall

True hope lies beyond the coast

You're a damned kind can't you see

That tomorrows bears insanity

 

 

What does that say about me besides being a metalfan?

Edited June 9, 2014 by scratchofapen

[A144]

In the notebooks I just write random stuff in, or test new pens and inks in, I always head the page with the pen, nib, and ink so I can go back later and see what it looked like in that pen, and so I can see if I like it enough to buy a bottle once the sample runs out. I then usually follow it up with a few verses or the chorus of whatever song I'm listening to at the time.

 

Sometimes, I'll write the chorus or such in print, then cursive, then maybe some other poorly written script, lol.

 

If I'm watching a YouTube video instead of listening to music, I'll use one of the common phrases about the fox, wizards, or sphinx. Or maybe just write down some random thoughts. It's fun to just start writing about whatever I'm thinking about and see where my train of thought goes by the end of the page.

[Auspice]

Hmm, it is quite intresting what people write at first with a new pen.....

 

That would be for me:

1. Name of the pen

2. Nibtype

3. Name of the ink

4. If not the quick brown fox than this refrain from Blind Guardian

 

Mirror Mirror on the wall

True hope lies beyond the coast

You're a damned kind can't you see

That the winds will change

Mirror Mirror on the wall

True hope lies beyond the coast

You're a damned kind can't you see

That tomorrows bears insanity

 

 

What does that say about me besides being a metalfan?

 

Blind Guardian lyrics would be pretty great!

 

... maybe I should start writing some Ghost out.

[Bookman]

I have read all versions. The changes were VERY minor. If you Google The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln you will see that there were only a few words added. Besides, Lincoln did not speak it exactly as he wrote it.

 

PS - He did not speak from notes, The speech was written out in full.

 

The written Gettysburg Address is my all-time favorite work of literature. Lincoln was a gifted writer, of course. His correspondence is garnished with a terrific, droll sense of humor. I read random letters and speeches frequently from my own copy of the 8-volume Rutgers University Press Complete Works (which, by the way, I picked up at an antiques shop for $10). I'm glad there were only minor deviations between the published version and what he held in his hands at the dedication. But even if the changes had been more than minor, it wouldn't alter my opinion on the literary merit of the text that has come down to us.

 

Edit: The Rutgers University Press editon is 8 volumes plus a 1-volume index. The 1953 first edition is no longer "complete" due to subsequent discoveries of Lincoln's writings. At least one suppliment was published containing the then-new documents. I don't have those.

Edited June 9, 2014 by Bookman

[Freddy]

 

 

Fred

Hmm..that's good....Monkfish provincial....

[Freddy]

 

 

Fred

....there is a house in New Orleans they call the

Rising Sun..and it's been the ruin of many a poor

boy..And........

[andyslo]

I like this one...

 

"Considering how long it has taken me to reconcile my nature, I can't figure I'd forgo it on your account."

[Tenkai]

I write random stuff, or something like this:

All dreams will end when the dreamer awakes.

[sargetalon]

I'm thinking of a new test phrase after reading some Dr. Seuss to my baby son...

 

This one, I think, is called a Yink.
he likes to wink, he likes to drink.
He likes to drink, and drink, and drink.
the thing he likes to drink is ink.
The ink he likes to drink is pink.
He likes to wink and drink pink ink.
SO...
If you have a lot of ink,
you should get a Yink, I think

 

"One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish"

[LWJ2]

I use "The quick red fox ...", the Gettysburg Address and one from seventh grade print shop, an exercise in descending letters:

 

Pick and click goes the type in the stick as the printer pulls type from his case.

[debraji]

Three rings for the elven kings under the sky,

Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone...

[nanahcub]

My name, over and over

 

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs (makes a change to the quick brown fox)

 

the name of the pen and / or ink I'm using

 

or perhaps a limerick or two...

 

There was a young fellow called Paul

Who went to a fancy dress ball

He decided to risk it

He went dressed as a biscuit

And a dog ate him up in the hall!

 

I once knew a pretty young lass,

who had a truly remarkable ass,

It was not as you think,

Rounded and pink,

But was grey, had long ears and ate grass!

[Beckwith]

When I'm trying to look at a pen as quickly as possible, I like to use the word "squiggles." In all lower-case cursive I think it gives a good sense of how the pen writes with most strokes.