Credits and licences
Every text you type here is public domain, CC0 or our own writing. This page is built automatically from each text's source, so it is always complete.
Practice texts
205 phrases, 13 quotes and 3,091 common words.
| Text | Source | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| 205 phrases | Written by whytyping | CC0 |
| Word list | SCOWL (via wordlist-english) | MIT-style licence |
Quotes
Each quote is one sentence from a work published before 1929.
| Author | Work | Year | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Sign of the Four | 1890 | Public domain |
| Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard's Almanack | 1735 | Public domain |
| Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol | 1843 | Public domain |
| Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities | 1859 | Public domain |
| Charlotte Bronte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Public domain |
| Henry David Thoreau | Walden | 1854 | Public domain |
| Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | Public domain |
| Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett | Anna Karenina | 1901 | Public domain |
| Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 1865 | Public domain |
| Lewis Carroll | Through the Looking-Glass | 1871 | Public domain |
| Louisa May Alcott | Little Women | 1868 | Public domain |
| Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | 1818 | Public domain |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | Self-Reliance | 1841 | Public domain |
Fonts
| Font | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Bricolage Grotesque | Interface and headings | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
| Fragment Mono | Typing text | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Software
| Library | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Astro | Building the site | MIT |
| Preact | Interactive parts | MIT |
| Preact Signals | Interactive parts | See package |
| web-vitals | Measuring page speed, after consent | See package |
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