▲ 892 ▼ I am font hunting again (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by gray@lemmy.ml to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Can you devise a superior sentence? (Don’t have to if you don’t want to) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) I don't need to, there were several alternatives on Wikipedia: Yxmördaren Julia Blomqvist på fäktning i Schweiz Schweiz för lyxfjäder på qvist bakom ugn FAQ om Schweiz: Klöv du trång pjäxby? - this is an incomprehensible sentence, though it must be said, it does sound Swedish when spoken. Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp - this is also incomprehensible, plus the first word seems to be misspelled, it should be "Yxskaftsbud", the missing s makes it hard to pronounce Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qwickt få byx av - a sentence with old spellings and words, and rather naughty meaning, this sentence also misses the letter V, in the past when w and v could be used interchangeably it would be a proper pangram. Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen - misses Q and Z, but has the combinations fj and fö, which is very useful to test fonts for Swedish compabillity. Tjock ges BMW på quiz, hänförd av lyx - one of the best pangrams here, it contains every letter and, even better, is perfectly logical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it") permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Just fyi, number 5 isn't missing the letter v, "av". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) I don't need to, there were several alternatives on Wikipedia: Yxmördaren Julia Blomqvist på fäktning i Schweiz Schweiz för lyxfjäder på qvist bakom ugn FAQ om Schweiz: Klöv du trång pjäxby? - this is an incomprehensible sentence, though it must be said, it does sound Swedish when spoken. Yxskaftbud, ge vår WC-zonmö IQ-hjälp - this is also incomprehensible, plus the first word seems to be misspelled, it should be "Yxskaftsbud", the missing s makes it hard to pronounce Gud hjälpe Zorns mö qwickt få byx av - a sentence with old spellings and words, and rather naughty meaning, this sentence also misses the letter V, in the past when w and v could be used interchangeably it would be a proper pangram. Byxfjärmat föl gick på duvshowen - misses Q and Z, but has the combinations fj and fö, which is very useful to test fonts for Swedish compabillity. Tjock ges BMW på quiz, hänförd av lyx - one of the best pangrams here, it contains every letter and, even better, is perfectly logical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it") permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Just fyi, number 5 isn't missing the letter v, "av". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I checked the same Wiki and I think no one can beat Finland's one-word pangram: Törkylempijävongahdus ("the more you think, the more you'll be able to do it") permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That translation is way off, it would be more like "the yelp of a trashy lover". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago Cool, thanks! I wonder where Google Translate got the other idea from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago Just fyi, number 5 isn't missing the letter v, "av". permalink fedilink source parent