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  • A better font sentence?

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    Quote:
    • Forsaking monastic tradition, twelve jovial friars gave up their vocation for a questionable existence on the flying trapeze. (106 letters)

    • No kidding -- Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were extinct. (99 letters)

    • Jelly-like above the high wire, six quaking pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux. (96 letters)

    • Oh, wet Alex, a jar, a fag! Up, disk, curve by! Man Oz, Iraq, Arizona, my Bev? Ruck's id-pug, a far Ajax, elate? Who? (77 letters) (also a palindrome)

    • Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner. (71 letters)

    • Six javelins thrown by the quick savages whizzed forty paces beyond the mark. (64 letters)

    • The explorer was frozen in his big kayak just after making queer discoveries. (64 letters)

    • The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt. (61 letters)

    • The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler. (60 letters)

    • While Suez sailors wax parquet decks, Afghan jews vomit jauntily abaft. (59 letters)

    • We quickly seized the black axle and just saved it from going past him. (57 letters)

    • Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry. (56 letters)

    • While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewelry. (56 letters)

    • Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward. (55 letters)

    • A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent. (54 letters)

    • The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner. (54 letters)

    • A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint. (53 letters)

    • Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. (53 letters)

    • We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize. (50 letters)

    • How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts! (49 letters) (Used for font samples by the Macintosh, System 7 era)

    • Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. (48 letters)

    • Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. (48 letters)

    • Cozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen. (39 letters) (Used for font samples by the Macintosh, post-System 7)

    • Adjusting quiver and bow, Zompyc killed the fox.(39 letters)

    • My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (39 letters)

    • The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (35 letters) (Used for TrueType/OpenType font samples by Windows)

    • The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. (33 letters)

    • Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters) (Used for font samples by Beagle Bros)

    • Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. (31 letters) (Used for bitmap font samples by Windows)

    • The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters)

    • How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. (30 letters)

    • Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. (29 letters)

    • Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. (29 letters)

    • Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. (29 letters)

    • Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters) (I've seen this in OS X... maybe in Fontbook? Font Reserve?)

    • Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud. (28 letters)




    There are some others in that link, including other language versions.



    Enjoy.
    gatorguydocno42