Recommendation R.52

   STANDARDIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL TEXTS FOR THE MEASUREMENT
              OF THE MARGIN OF START-STOP EQUIPMENT

       (former CCITT Recommendation B.33, Brussels, 1948;
  amended at Geneva, 1964 and 1980; amended at Melbourne, 1988,
   to incorporate former Recommendation S.33, Geneva, 1972)  
       The CCITT,

considering

       (a)  that to test the effective margin of the receiver of  a  start-stop
teleprinter it is desirable to standardize the content of the transmitted sequence 
of signals;

       (b)  that there is advantage in choosing a short text that can be directly 
printed within a single line by start-stop terminal equipments;

       (c)  that preferably the composition of the text used should include all 
alpha characters of the basic alphabet employed and be arranged in a format that is 
easy to read and to understand;

       (d)  that comparison  of  the  margin  measurements  obtained  would  be
facilitated by such arrangements, 
unanimously declares the view
        1.  that it is not necessary to standardize an international text  for  the
measurement of the margin of a teleprinter;

2.     that, nevertheless, where teleprinters are required to receive information in 
languages based on the Latin alphabet, one of the following texts may be used:

       a)   in the case of application of the International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2 
            (Recommendation S.1): 

                 VOYEZ LE BRICK GEANT QUE J'EXAMINE PRES DU WHARF
                 THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG

       b)   in the case of application of the International  Reference  Version  of
            International Alphabet No. 5, 95 character set (Recommendation T.50, Table 
            11/T.50, columns 2 to 7):

              VoyeZ Le BricK GeanT QuE J"ExaminE PreS Du WharF 123 456 7890 + - x : = ® 
            % ()
            ThE QuicK BrowN FoX JumpS OveR The LazY DoG 123 456 7890 + - x : = ® % ()

       c)   in the case of application of the International Reference Version of 
            International Alphabet No. 5, 64 character set (Recommendation T.50, 
            Table 11/T.50, columns 2 to 5):

            VOYEZ LE BRICK GEANT QUE J'EXAMINE PRES DU WHARF 123 456 7890 + - x : = ® % 
          ()
                      THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG 123 456 7890 + - x : = ® % ()