Hamburgevons

The word Hamburgevons (or Hamburgefonstiv or Hamburgefons) is a short piece of meaningless filler text used for assessing the design and the appearance of a typeface.^[1][2] It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be recognized quickly.^[3][4] It consists of the letters that are often first designed when designing a typeface.^[4]

'Hamburgevons' rendered using seven fonts: Helvetica Neue, Semplicità, Ernestine, Gimlet, Marcia, Adobe Caslon and Garibaldi

The word is useful for typographers and designers during the design of a font, as the form of its letters include all of the curves and abutments normally found in a font.^[5][6] As a test word, it is useful for determining the visual readability of a font chosen for a layout.^[7][8] A version of it is often used as a standard word in the visual layout of fonts submitted to competitions and exhibitions.^[9][10][11]

See also

• Typeface § Texts used to demonstrate typefaces

Bibliography

Jérôme Peignot, L’Alphabet des lettres, ou le petit hamburgefons, Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 978-2940028085).

References

1. Der Druckspiegel. 5–8 (in German). Vol. 27. Druckspiegel-Fachzeitschriften-Verlags-GmbH. 1972. pp. 256–. Das untenstehende Modellwort "Hamburgefons" zeigt von der Gill-Grotesk vier verschiedene Laufweiten.
2. Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (in German). Vol. 84. Verlag Chemie. 1982. pp. 79–. Nach den Erfahrungen der Fachkreise erfüllten diese Voraussetzungen beispielsweise die Buchstaben des Phantasieworts "Hambur-giensis" (neuerdings auch: „O Hamburgefonstiv"). Diesen Ausführungen hatten sich damals die Mitglieder des mit der Vorbereitung des Abkommens beauftragten Sachverständigenausschusses angeschlossen.
3. "Glossary K: key words". Fonts.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
4. David Machin (30 April 2014). Visual Communication. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-3-11-025549-2.
5. Simon Garfield (1 September 2011). Just My Type: A Book About Fonts. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 317–. ISBN 978-1-101-57781-3.
6. Janet Ashford; John Odam (January 1996). Start with a Scan: A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects Into High Quality Art. Peachpit Press. ISBN 978-0-201-88456-2.
7. Steven Heller; Philip B. Meggs (2001). Texts on Type: Critical Writings on Typography. Allworth Press. ISBN 978-1-58115-082-7.
8. Steve Byers (1991). The electronic type catalog. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-35446-1.
9. International exhibition of illustration and editorial art. Moravská galerie v Brně. 1988.
10. Metropolis. Bellerophon Publications. 1988.
11. Ilene Strizver (4 February 2014). Type Rules: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography. Wiley. pp. 455–. ISBN 978-1-118-75866-3.