# Test Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 28, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120 "2015-08-28T00:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/61 "2018-02-01T13:58:05Z")
_ **A comparison of the 21 font choices selectable on the iPad.** _ ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **fontUnspecified** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial Black** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial Narrow** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Book Antiqua** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Century Gothic** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Comic Sans MS** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Courier New** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Fixedsys** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Franklin Gothic Medium** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Garamond** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Georgia** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Impact** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Lucida Console** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Lucida Sans Unicode** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Microsoft Sans Serif** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Palatino Linotype** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **System** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Tahoma** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Times New Roman** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Trebuchet MS** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Verdana** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **fontUnspecified** _ **On the iPad, these 5 appear different and unique:** _ ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **fontUnspecified** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Courier New** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Georgia** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Trebuchet MS** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Verdana** _ **On the iPad, these 2 appear very close, but there’s a subtle difference.** _ ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **fontUnspecified** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Trebuchet MS** _ **On the iPad, these 16 all appear the same, and they are different from the others.** _ ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial Black** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Arial Narrow** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Book Antiqua** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Century Gothic** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Comic Sans MS** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Fixedsys** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Franklin Gothic Medium** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Garamond** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Impact** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Lucida Console** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Lucida Sans Unicode** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Microsoft Sans Serif** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Palatino Linotype** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **System** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Tahoma** ► A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. ★ The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ◆ **Times New Roman** ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/62 "2018-02-01T14:19:37Z")
Find something pinkish and with hearts for Valentine’s Day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/63 "2018-02-01T16:12:38Z")
Just for you, **Jasmine** — ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/64 "2018-02-02T13:47:45Z")
Interesting. Some of the colors render (on my Android using Tapatalk) but not according to any pattern I can discern. None of the fonts render on my phone, though. The pink hearts worked out! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/65 "2018-11-10T17:19:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **❤** > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The pink hearts worked out! 🙂 Yes they did! I had to play with the size though, and I think this is better. Pink hearts remind me of the jingle for the Lucky Charms breakfast cereal — “_yellow moons, orange stars, pink hearts, green clovers_”. I’ll give it a try: { **☾** - **★** - **❤** - **🍀** } ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/66 "2018-11-11T01:32:49Z")
Goodness ----- I may need a cup of coffee before this entire test is over! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/67 "2018-11-11T05:05:05Z")
Yeah, I just use it to play with some things here. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/68 "2018-11-11T07:28:37Z")
Pretty colors and pretty pictures. Oh, my! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/69 "2018-11-11T13:22:15Z")
**Bullitt** , you must be older than me. In my earliest memories of the cereal, they also had blue diamonds. Purple horseshoes were added while I was a kid, and then later red balloons (after, I guess, they found a red dye that would actually saturate enough for red). They also listed them in rainbow order: Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds[, purple horseshoes]. The multicolored marbits they have now are just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/70 "2018-11-11T23:51:18Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Yeah, I just use it to play with some things here. I figured as much but I didn’t want anyone to be able to accuse you of playing with ------------- nah; never mind. Too easy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/71 "2018-11-12T04:50:15Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I figured as much but I didn’t want anyone to be able to accuse you of playing with ------------- nah; never mind. Too easy. 😃 **That** I don’t do here on the Dope. That’s a pleasure I keep all to myself! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/72 "2018-11-12T04:51:28Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Goodness ----- I may need a cup of coffee before this entire test is over! 😉 Brew a pot. Or three. This test ain’t never gonna end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/73 "2018-11-13T17:04:55Z")
This is one of my favorite threads ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/74 "2018-11-14T01:48:45Z")
_ **GO GIANTS!!!** _ Do you like it even more now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/75 "2018-11-14T02:28:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Bullitt** , you must be older than me. In my earliest memories of the cereal, they also had blue diamonds. I must be older than you, too, because I remember them without the blue diamonds. Then I read this thread, and I was like red balloons? Purple horseshoes? When did they add all of this crap? I guess I’ll go back to humming the theme song to H.R. Puffnstuff. Get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/76 "2018-11-17T15:41:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Bullitt** , you must be older than me. In my earliest memories of the cereal, they also had blue diamonds. Purple horseshoes were added while I was a kid, and then later red balloons (after, I guess, they found a red dye that would actually saturate enough for red). They also listed them in rainbow order: Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds[, purple horseshoes]. The multicolored marbits they have now are just wrong. Class of 1979 here. High school. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/77 "2019-04-07T05:37:43Z")
Another color: SILVER \*\* WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GRAY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=COCOA WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BROWN WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CHOCOLATE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GOLD WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=FLESH WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=YELLOW WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=ORANGE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=DARKORANGE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CORAL WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=SALMON WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=SCARLET WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=RED WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=NAVY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BLUE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=IRRESISTIBLE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=TEAL WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GRAPE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=TURQUOISE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CYAN WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=COFFEE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CABERNET WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=AZURE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BEIGE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=IVORY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=WHITE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=SILVER WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GREEN WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=JADE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=ARSENIC WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=OLIVE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BRASS WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=ASPARAGUS WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=AMBER WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=TANGERINE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=INDIGO WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=PURPLE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CERULEAN WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BURGUNDY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=MAGENTA WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=VIOLET WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=PLUM WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=LAVENDER WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=PINK WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CATAWBA WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BISQUE \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/78 "2019-04-07T06:50:35Z")
My favorite color name is ‘arsenic’, ugly color though. ‘Irresistible’ is nice too. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/79 "2019-04-07T13:10:42Z")
Arsenic (the element) is actually usually more of a yellow or metallic gray color. Makes me wonder how the name got associated with that bluish color. Then again grape and coffee don’t match their assigned color values either, so it’s not alone on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/80 "2019-04-07T15:04:19Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Arsenic (the element) is actually usually more of a yellow or metallic gray color. Makes me wonder how the name got associated with that bluish color. Then again grape and coffee don’t match their assigned color values either, so it’s not alone on the list. There are other color names that mapped to the same color already assigned to another name. I don’t remember them now but I remember that happening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120.md?page=5)