Lorem Ipsum All the Things

Coming full circle, the internet’s remixing of the now infamous lorem ipsum passage has officially elevated it to pop culture status. There was that time artists at Sequence opted…

When to Use Lorem Ipsum

Generally, lorem ipsum is best suited to keeping templates from looking bare or minimizing the distractions of draft copy. So when is it okay to use lorem ipsum?…

Controversy in the Design World

Some claim lorem ipsum threatens to promote design over content, while others defend its value in the process of planning. Among design professionals, there’s a bit of…

Usage and Examples

Lorem ipsum was popularized in the 1960s with Letraset’s dry-transfer sheets, and later entered the digital world via Aldus PageMaker. The decade that brought us Star Trek and Doctor…

Meaning of Lorem Ipsum

Lorem ipsum was purposefully designed to have no meaning, but appear like real text, making it the perfect placeholder. Don’t bother typing “lorem ipsum” into Google…

Fuzzy Beginnings

Creation timelines for the standard lorem ipsum passage vary, with some citing the 15th century and others the 20th. So how did the classical Latin become so…

Lorem Ipsum

Until recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before…

What is Lorem Ipsum?

Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur…