pangrams

Hi,

I added an issue 3782
(http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3782) that collects
pangrams for various languages. The font chooser then should show
something like:

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.

Bulgarian [ all letters ]
    Под южно дърво, цъфтящо в синьо, бягаше малко пухкаво зайче.
Czech [ all characters with diacritics ]
    Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy.
    PŘÍLIŠ ŽLUŤOUČKÝ KŮŇ ÚPĚL ĎÁBELSKÉ ÓDY.
Chinese [ practically impossible ]
    視野無限廣，窗外有藍天
    微風迎客，軟語伴茶
Danish [ all letters ]
    Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen
Walther spillede på xylofon.
Dutch [ all letters (and not including accents) ]
    Pa's wijze lynx bezag vroom het fikse aquaduct.
Esperanto [ all characters specific to Esperanto ]
    Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde.
Estonian [ not all letters ]
    See väike mölder jõuab rongile hüpata
Finnish [ not all letters ]
    Viekas kettu punaturkki laiskan koiran takaa kurkki.
French [ all letters, including diacritics exceptcircumflex and cedilla ]
    Voix ambiguë d'un cœur qui au zéphyr préfère les jattes de kiwis.
French [ all letters, but no diacritics ]
    Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
German [ all letters (including umlauts and ß) ]
    Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich
Greek [ not all letters ]
    Θέλει αρετή και τόλμη η ελευθερία. (Ανδρέας Κάλβος)
Hebrew [ all letters, but with no distinction between regular and final forms. ]
    דג סקרן שט לו בים זך אך לפתע פגש חבורה נחמדה שצצה כך.
Hungarian [ without digraphs, which are considered letters of their own ]
    Egy hűtlen vejét fülöncsípő, dühös mexikói úr Wesselényinél mázol Quitóban.
Italian [ all letters (without foreign characters j,k,w,x,y) ]
    Ma la volpe, col suo balzo, ha raggiunto il quieto Fido.
Japanese [ all non-voiced hiragana except ん ]
    いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす
Korean [ uses all consonants but not all vowels ]
    다람쥐 헌 쳇바퀴에 타고파
Latvian [ not all letters ]
    Sarkanās jūrascūciņas peld pa jūru.
Norwegian (bokmål) [ not all letters ]
    En god stil må først og fremst være klar. Den må være passende. Aristoteles.
Portuguese [ not all letters ]
    A rápida raposa castanha salta por cima do cão lento.
Brazilian Portuguese [ not all letters ]
    A ligeira raposa marrom ataca o cão preguiçoso.
Brazilian Portuguese [ all letters ]
    Zebras caolhas de Java querem passar fax para moças gigantes de New York
Polish [ all letters ]
    Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig
Romanian [ not all letters ]
    Agera vulpe maronie sare peste câinele cel leneş.
Russian [ all letters ]
    Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок да выпей же чаю
Serbian (Cyrillic alphabet) [ all letters ]
    Чешће цeђење мрeжастим џаком побољшава фертилизацију генских хибрида.
Serbian (Latin alphabet) [ all letters ]
    Češće ceđenje mrežastim džakom poboljšava fertilizaciju genskih hibrida.
Slovak [ all letters ]
    Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať
kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso.
Slovene [ all letters ]
    V kožuščku hudobnega fanta stopiclja mizar in kliče 0619872345.
Spanish [ all letters ]
    El veloz murciélago hindú comía feliz cardillo y kiwi. La cigüeña
tocaba el saxofón detrás del palenque de paja.
Swedish [ except Q, X and Z ]
    Flygande bäckasiner söka hwila på mjuka tuvor
Thai [ except ฦ ]
    เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า
    กว่าบรรดาฝูงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน
    จงฝ่าฟันพัฒนาวิชาการ อย่าล้างผลาญฤๅเข่นฆ่าบีฑาใคร
    ไม่ถือโทษโกรธแช่งซัดฮึดฮัดด่า
    หัดอภัยเหมือนกีฬาอัชฌาสัย
    ปฏิบัติประพฤติกฎกำหนดใจ
    พูดจาให้จ๊ะ ๆ จ๋า ๆ น่าฟังเอยฯ
Turkish [ all letters ]
    Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi'

Please add uppercase variants if you can. The other option is to use a
dictionary instead of a simple string.

Cheers,
-- Pavel

On Friday 04 March 2011 12:12:45 Pavel Krivanek wrote:

> I added an issue 3782
> (http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3782) that collects
> pangrams for various languages. The font chooser then should show
> something like:
>
> the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
> THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.

Does anyone have a pangram for Chinese ?

:)

Brent