What on earth is Lorem Ipsum?


Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy copy (text) used by designers. It has been the industry's standard dummy text since the 1500s, when an unknown printer used a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

It has survived five centuries and is now used in electronic typesetting. Desktop publishing software such as PageMaker include versions of Lorem Ipsum.

It is so useful in concentrating the mind on the design, including the placement of text, without distracting the viewer with real text (usually still to be written).

Lorem Ipsum has a much more normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English.


And here it is, as used since the 1500s (just copy and paste into your own sample work:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat."