Pangrams, like "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," have been used for centuries as test sentences to showcase fonts, typewriters, and keyboards because they contain every letter of the alphabet. This particular phrase dates back to the late 19th century and became widely popular for testing typewriters and later computer fonts. Other well-known pangrams include "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs," "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow," and "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." Some sentences are crafted to be as short as possible, such as "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx." While pangrams serve practical purposes in typography and handwriting exercises, they also have a playful linguistic appeal, leading to creative variations across different languages.