Lorem Ipsum
Generate placeholder text in Latin for prototypes.
Origin of Lorem Ipsum
The "Lorem Ipsum" text derives from a work by Roman philosopher Cicero, "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (45 BC), and started being used as placeholder text around the 16th century, when a typesetter scrambled it to create a font sample catalog. Since then, it has become the standard in the printing and, later, digital design industries.
The advantage of Lorem Ipsum over random real-language text is that its letter distribution and word length resemble real Latin text without the content "meaning" anything — preventing reviewers from getting distracted reading the text instead of evaluating typography, spacing, and visual hierarchy.
Frequently asked questions
Why use Lorem Ipsum instead of real text?
Because meaningful text distracts the person evaluating a layout — they end up reading the content instead of assessing typography, spacing, and visual hierarchy, which is the point of the prototype.
Does Lorem Ipsum mean anything?
No. Although it derives from a classical Latin text by Cicero, traditional Lorem Ipsum is scrambled and fragmented, forming no meaningful sentences — its purpose is purely visual, as placeholder space.