Fig 4. Complementary cumulative distribution and probability mass function of text frequencies, for: (a) A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483 (anonymous); (b) The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. V, edited by E. V. Lucas; (c) A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Vol. I, by F. Guizot.

These texts are the ones with the largest length L (83 720, 239 018 and 2 081 respectively) of those that fulfill p > 1/2, for fits 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The exponent β takes values 1.96, 1.89, and 1.82, in each case.