In the hope of arresting the attention of designers whose eyes glaze over at the appearance of the 'Quick brown fox' and other whacky pangrams, I've taken to telling a short story in my type samples, and I offer the idea to you (so you know you heard it here first!) See attached png for 'Contessa', and look out for more in the pipeline from my foundry (Studio-K at myfonts.com). Your comments are invited.
Great idea but, "(so you know you heard it here first!)" isn't really true. Many others before us have done this over the years.
Done that with Finnegan setting a chapter from Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake around 1995, which certainly wasn’t a new idea in those times …
Old ATF type specimens tell the story of Prohibition in the US. Pre-1920 specimens use the pangram Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Prohibition-era specimens say Pack my box with five dozen jugs (which isn't technically a pangram, lacking the l, q, and r).
I use a story/poem of Joe Magarac and JohnHenry for my steel industry related stencil font. http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/dezcom/dez-yinznat-stencil/gallery.html
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