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How to Use This Tool
Lorem Ipsum is the traditional placeholder text used by designers, typographers and front-end developers while laying out a page. It has been the industry standard since the 1500s, when an unknown printer scrambled a passage from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (45 BC) to make a type specimen book. Lorem Ipsum has an approximately normal distribution of letters, making it look more like real prose than random text, which makes it better suited for judging the visual weight of a typeface or layout.
How to Use
- Choose a Unit — paragraphs, sentences, or words.
- Enter how many you want.
- Tick classic opener if you want the traditional "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…" opener.
- Pick Classic Lorem Ipsum (Latin) or Plain English, then click Generate.
- Copy the output into your design.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lorem Ipsum?
A Latin-looking scrambled text used as placeholder copy in layouts. It has a similar letter-frequency distribution to English, so designers can evaluate typography without being distracted by meaning.
Why is it used in design?
Real text — brand copy, product names, testimonials — often isn't ready at the design stage. Placeholder lets a designer block out layout and typography without waiting for content, and prevents reviewers getting stuck on the wording instead of the design.
Where does it come from?
The words come from Cicero's philosophical work De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, published in 45 BC. An unknown Renaissance printer scrambled parts of section 1.10.32 to make a specimen sheet showing typefaces. That specimen text survived through to digital design tools.
Can I generate placeholder in my own language?
Yes. Switch the Style selector from "Classic Lorem Ipsum (Latin)" to the plain-text option to get a natural-vocabulary placeholder in your language. It still has meaningless sentences but uses familiar letter shapes and accent marks, which is sometimes more useful for judging the visual weight of a typeface.