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History of Lorem Ipsum
Lorem ipsum was conceived as filler text, formatted in a certain way to enable the presentation of graphic elements in documents, without the need for formal copy. Using Lorem Ipsum allows designers to put together layouts and the form of the content before the content has been created, giving the design and production process more freedom.
It is widely believed that the history of Lorem Ipsum originates with Cicero in the 1st Century BC and his text De Finibus bonorum et malorum. This philosophical work, also known as On the Ends of Good and Evil, was split into five books. The Lorem Ipsum we know today is derived from parts of the first book Liber Primus and its discussion on hedonism, the words of which had been altered, added and removed to make it nonsensical and improper Latin.
References to the phrase "lorem ipsum" can be found in the 1914 Loeb Classical Library Edition of the De Finibus. It was in this edition that H. Rackman translated the text. An excerpt is: "qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet consectetur adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem", translated as "Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure".
Advancing to the 1960s, Lorem Ipsum was made popular by typeface manufacturer Letraset, who used it in their advertising campaigns. Letraset offered pages of Lorem Ipsum as rub down transfer sheets. Lorem Ipsum was reintroduced in the 1980s by the Aldus Corporation via their PageMaker software.
About this generator
This generator uses a dictionary of Latin words to construct passages of Lorem Ipsum text that meet your desired length. Sentence and paragraph structures are randomized to resemble readable text.
The goal is to provide unique, repetition-free placeholder text suitable for various design mockups and layouts.