Pangram maker finds quartz glyph in jowl of vexed cab

Say what?

A pangram is a phrase that uses all of the letters of the alphabet—in this case, all 26 letters of the unaccented English alphabet. Pangrams are used to test fonts because they provide a quick view of all the letters. They also sound funky, look cool, and encourage the use of odd words that you wish you could play in a Scrabble game.

Start typing your pangram in the box above. You’ll see a helpful list of letters you haven’t used yet, plus any you’ve used more than once. Using letters more than once is no problem—plenty of pangrams do, including famous ones—but a so-called perfect pangram uses each letter just once. Thing is, using a few extra letters can often allow you to make your pangram a real sentence that might even make some sense!