The quick brown fox

Posted by Sauerkraut on September 24, 2000

In Reply to: The quick brown fox posted by ESC on September 18, 2000

: : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

: : It is unique in that is uses every letter of the alphabet.

: : What was this phrase/sentence used for and who wrote it?

: : Please help.

: It's a typing "exercise." It seems to me I saw the origin somewhere. If I find it again, I'll post it.

Certainly its a typing exercise, it also uses alternate fingers to produce the correct words.

By the way, our current keyboard layout was devised to slow down typing and reduce the lockups associated with mechanical typewriters.

I've tried the much efficient DVORAK version, but my old fingers can't adapt. Some "hard-wired" things are hard to change.