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==Texts used to demonstrate typefaces== [[Image:Caslon english roman sample.png|thumb|right|A Latin text used in a sample of [[Caslon]]]] A sentence that uses all of the alphabet (a [[pangram]]), such as "[[The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog]]", is often used as a design aesthetic tool to demonstrate the personality of a typeface's characters in a setting (because it displays all the letters of the alphabet). For extended settings of typefaces graphic designers often use nonsense text (commonly referred to as ''[[greeking]]''), such as ''[[lorem ipsum]]'' or [[Latin]] text such as the beginning of [[Cicero]]'s ''[[In Catilinam]]''. Greeking is used in typography to determine a typeface's ''[[Type color|colour]]'', or weight and style, and to demonstrate an overall typographic aesthetic prior to actual type setting. Another common demonstration word is "[[Hamburgevons]]".
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