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{{short description|Text used as a sample for assessing fonts}}
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[[File:Hamburgevons.svg|thumb|'Hamburgevons' rendered using seven fonts: [[Helvetica Neue]], [[Semplicità]], Ernestine, Gimlet, Marcia, [[Adobe Caslon]] and Garibaldi]]
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]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Der Druckspiegel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFAwAQAAIAAJ|series=5–8|volume=27|year=1972|publisher=Druckspiegel-Fachzeitschriften-Verlags-GmbH|language=de|pages=256–|quote=Das untenstehende Modellwort "Hamburgefons" zeigt von der Gill-Grotesk vier verschiedene Laufweiten.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCQxAQAAIAAJ|volume=84|year=1982|publisher=Verlag Chemie|language=de|pages=79–|quote=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. }}</ref> It contains all essential forms in a Latin alphabet, so that the character of the respective font can be recognized quickly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/glossary/k|title=Glossary K: key words|website=Fonts.com|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Machin2014" /> It consists of the letters that are often first designed when [[Type design|designing a typeface]].<ref name="Machin2014">{{cite book|author=David Machin|title=Visual Communication|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFXnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=30 April 2014|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton|isbn=978-3-11-025549-2|pages=219–}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Garfield2011">{{cite book|author=Simon Garfield|title=Just My Type: A Book About Fonts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQ7mZbRs0j0C&pg=PT317|date=1 September 2011|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-101-57781-3|pages=317–}}</ref><ref name="AshfordOdam1996">{{cite book|author1=Janet Ashford|author2=John Odam|title=Start with a Scan: A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects Into High Quality Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7oQAQAAMAAJ|date=January 1996|publisher=Peachpit Press|isbn=978-0-201-88456-2}}</ref> As a test word, it is useful for determining the visual readability of a font chosen for a layout.<ref name="HellerMeggs2001">{{cite book|author1=Steven Heller|author2=Philip B. Meggs|title=Texts on Type: Critical Writings on Typography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDdUAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Allworth Press|isbn=978-1-58115-082-7}}</ref><ref name="Byers1991">{{cite book|author=Steve Byers|title=The electronic type catalog|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rztUAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-35446-1}}</ref> A version of it is often used as a standard word in the visual layout of fonts submitted to competitions and exhibitions.<ref>{{cite book|title=International exhibition of illustration and editorial art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCQkAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Moravská galerie v Brně}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Metropolis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChQMAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Bellerophon Publications}}</ref><ref name="Strizver2014">{{cite book|author=Ilene Strizver|title=Type Rules: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xurOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT455|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-118-75866-3|pages=455–}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{section link|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 ==
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[[Category:Typography]]