The Origins and Purpose of Lorem Ipsum

When printing a document when actual text is not yet available, the dummy 'stand-in' ‘nonsense’ text that is used to occupy the space in the document is called Lorem ipsum para or text. This practice is common in design and web development to give a sense of how the final document will appear.

The History of Lorem Ipsum

Nothing. Its gibberish.

Lorem ipsum is purposely nonsensical. Its a placeholder whose only purpose is to show off how the font/layout of text might look. So to prevent having to write a new sample text and allowing people to get distracted by the content of the text, Lorem ipsum is used.

Where Did Lorem Ipsum Come From?

You may have noticed it looks like Latin. Well, thats because it came from a Latin philosophical work by Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. The words you see in Lorem ipsum are from a section of De finibus bonorum et malorum, meaning: On the ends of good and evil. But the words are scrambled with some parts removed.

Additional Resources

For more details and a comprehensive explanation, you can refer to this informative article from the Straight Dope on What does the filler text “lorem ipsum” mean?

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