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Generate Lorem Ipsum placeholder text for your designs, mockups, and prototypes. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry standard dummy text since the 1500s, providing realistic-looking content for layouts without distracting from the design.
Select what type of placeholder text you need:
Enter how many paragraphs, sentences, or words you need. You can generate anywhere from 1 to hundreds of units.
Customize the output:
Click Generate to create the text, then copy it for use in your designs, documents, or code.
Generate paragraphs, sentences, words, or bytes.
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Add paragraph tags for web development.
Option to begin with traditional Lorem ipsum.
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A: Lorem Ipsum is placeholder text derived from a scrambled passage of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero (45 BC). It has been the printing industry standard for placeholder text since the 1500s, providing natural-looking content that does not distract from the layout.
A: Lorem Ipsum provides realistic text distribution and word lengths without readers focusing on the content. This allows designers and clients to evaluate layouts, typography, and visual hierarchy without the distraction of meaningful text.
A: Partially. It is based on Latin text but has been altered over centuries. Many words are scrambled or meaningless. The first line "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." is derived from "dolorem ipsum" meaning "pain itself".
A: Avoid Lorem Ipsum when you need to: test internationalization (use actual language text), evaluate content length impact, test accessibility (screen readers will read it), or when the actual content length affects design decisions.
A: Yes, alternatives include: Hipster Ipsum (trendy words), Bacon Ipsum (food-themed), Corporate Ipsum (business jargon), and actual representative content. Each serves different testing needs.