XeLaTeX Example

gistfile1.tex

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\begin{document}
% pangrams from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/examples/quickbrown.txt
\section{Danish (da)}

\begin{quote}
  Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen
  Wolther spillede på xylofon.
  (= Quiz contestants were eating strawbery with cream while Wolther
  the circus clown played on xylophone.)
\end{quote}

\section{German (de)}

\begin{quote}
  Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg
  (= Wrongful practicing of xylophone music tortures every larger dwarf)
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagten Eva quer über den Sylter Deich
  (= Twelve boxing fighters hunted Eva across the dike of Sylt)
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung
  (= fuel oil recoil absorber)
  (jqvwxy missing, but all non-ASCII letters in one word)
\end{quote}

\section{Greek (el)}

\begin{quote}
  Γαζέες καὶ μυρτιὲς δὲν θὰ βρῶ πιὰ στὸ χρυσαφὶ ξέφωτο
  (= No more shall I see acacias or myrtles in the golden clearing)
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Ξεσκεπάζω τὴν ψυχοφθόρα βδελυγμία
  (= I uncover the soul-destroying abhorrence)
\end{quote}

\section{English (en)}

\begin{quote}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
\end{quote}

\section{Spanish (es)}

\begin{quote}
  El pingüino Wenceslao hizo kilómetros bajo exhaustiva lluvia y
  frío, añoraba a su querido cachorro.
  (Contains every letter and every accent, but not every combination
  of vowel + acute.)
\end{quote}

\section{French (fr)}

\begin{quote}
  Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume sur son île intérieure, à
  côté de l'alcôve ovoïde, où les bûches se consument dans l'âtre, ce
  qui lui permet de penser à la cænogenèse de l'être dont il est question
  dans la cause ambiguë entendue à Moÿ, dans un capharnaüm qui,
  pense-t-il, diminue çà et là la qualité de son œuvre.
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  l'île exiguë
  Où l'obèse jury mûr
  Fête l'haï volapük,
  Âne ex aéquo au whist,
  Ôtez ce vœu déçu.
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Le cœur déçu mais l'âme plutôt naïve, Louÿs rêva de crapaüter en
  canoë au delà des îles, près du mälström où brûlent les novæ.
\end{quote}

\section{Irish Gaelic (ga)}

\begin{quote}
  D'fhuascail Íosa, Úrmhac na hÓighe Beannaithe, pór Éava agus Ádhaimh
\end{quote}

\section{Hungarian (hu)}

\begin{quote}
  Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép
  (= flood-proof mirror-drilling machine, only all non-ASCII letters)
\end{quote}

\section{Icelandic (is)}

\begin{quote}
  Kæmi ný öxi hér ykist þjófum nú bæði víl og ádrepa
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Sævör grét áðan því úlpan var ónýt
  (some ASCII letters missing)
\end{quote}

\section{Japanese (jp)}

\begin{quote}
  Hiragana: (Iroha)
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  いろはにほへとちりぬるを
  わかよたれそつねならむ
  うゐのおくやまけふこえて
  あさきゆめみしゑひもせす
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Katakana:
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  イロハニホヘト チリヌルヲ ワカヨタレソ ツネナラム
  ウヰノオクヤマ ケフコエテ アサキユメミシ ヱヒモセスン
\end{quote}

\section{Hebrew (iw)}

\begin{quote}
  ? דג סקרן שט בים מאוכזב ולפתע מצא לו חברה איך הקליטה
\end{quote}

\section{Polish (pl)}

\begin{quote}
  Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig
  (= To push a hedgehog or eight bins of figs in this boat)
\end{quote}

\section{Russian (ru)}

\begin{quote}
  В чащах юга жил бы цитрус? Да, но фальшивый экземпляр!
  (= Would a citrus live in the bushes of south? Yes, but only a fake one!)
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
  Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок да выпей чаю
  (= Eat some more of these fresh French loafs and have some tea)
\end{quote}

\section{Thai (th)}

\begin{quote}
  ๏ เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า  กว่าบรรดาฝูงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน
  จงฝ่าฟันพัฒนาวิชาการ           อย่าล้างผลาญฤๅเข่นฆ่าบีฑาใคร
  ไม่ถือโทษโกรธแช่งซัดฮึดฮัดด่า     หัดอภัยเหมือนกีฬาอัชฌาสัย
  ปฏิบัติประพฤติกฎกำหนดใจ        พูดจาให้จ๊ะๆ จ๋าๆ น่าฟังเอย ฯ
\end{quote}

\section{Turkish (tr)}

\begin{quote}
  Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi.
  (=Patient with pajamas, trusted swarthy driver quickly)
\end{quote}

\end{document}
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% pangrams from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/examples/quickbrown.txt
\begin{verbatim}
  Sentences that contain all letters commonly used in a language
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  Markus Kuhn <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/> -- 2012-04-11

  This is an example of a plain-text file encoded in UTF-8.


  Danish (da)
  ---------

    Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen
    Wolther spillede på xylofon.
    (= Quiz contestants were eating strawbery with cream while Wolther
    the circus clown played on xylophone.)

  German (de)
  -----------

    Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg
    (= Wrongful practicing of xylophone music tortures every larger dwarf)

    Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagten Eva quer über den Sylter Deich
    (= Twelve boxing fighters hunted Eva across the dike of Sylt)

    Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung
    (= fuel oil recoil absorber)
    (jqvwxy missing, but all non-ASCII letters in one word)
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}