Lorem Ipsum Generator
Generate placeholder text for your designs. Paragraphs, words, sentences, or lists.
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text used in laying out print, graphic, or web designs. The passage is attributed to an unknown typesetter in the 15th century who scrambled parts of Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum for use in a type specimen book.
Its purpose is to have a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using "Content here, content here", making it look like readable English.
Common Use Cases
- Web Design: Fill website templates with text to visualize the visual weight of headings, paragraphs, and lists.
- Graphic Design: Use in brochures, mockups, and posters where the focus should be on layout and typography rather than copy.
- Typesetting: Test font pairings and line-height settings (leading) with standard paragraphs.
Best Practices
- Don't Forget to Replace: Ensure all Lorem Ipsum is replaced with real content before publishing. Search your codebase for "Lorem" before deployment.
- Use Realistic Lengths: Don't just paste one giant block. Break it up into paragraphs, headings, and lists to mimic actual page structure.
- Watch for Formatting: Don't let Lorem Ipsum hide bad CSS. Test with real content if your design relies on specific word lengths (like menu items).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. Why do we use it?
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English.
2. Where does it come from?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.
3. Is it free to use?
Yes, Lorem Ipsum is free of copyright and can be used in any project.
- Paragraphs: Blocks of text.
- Sentences: Individual sentences.
- Words: Specific word count.
- HTML: Wrap in <p> or <li>.