Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
Friday June 6, 2008
You may have seen this line used before in design mockups. It is know as "Lorem Ipsum," and it is Latin text often used in graphic design as filler content. Rather than have lines such as "Text here" that will only distract the audience of a design proposal, Lorem Ipsum is easily ignored, keeping the focus on the design itself. It can also be a time saver... rather than search for fake content that fits the project, drop the necessary amount of Lorem Ipsum in and move on.
One of my favorite, simple online tools is at lipsum.com, a site with one purpose... to generate any amount of Lorem Ipsum text you need.
Lorem ipsum isn’t actually Latin. It’s just a jumble of letters to look like latin.
You know, I don’t use Lorem Ipsum that often. But thanks for the resource!
Cheers,
Graphic Designer
Actually brie, you should really educate yourself before you mislead others that may believe everything they read.
From the Lorem Ipsum site itself:
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.
I would concur with Smitty, Lorem Ipsum is not random text. It is a jumbled-up version of this latin phrase that reads, “Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…,” which translates as, “There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain…”
MS Word will generate ‘lorem ipsum’ text if you type in =lorem() and then press enter.
MS Word text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna.
Nunc viverra imperdiet enim. Fusce est. Vivamus a tellus.
Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Proin pharetra nonummy pede. Mauris et orci.
Alec Lynch
Director
DesignBay