Often when a designer is creating a website, sales page, brochure or other marketing collateral, they need to insert temporary content while waiting for the final text. This temporary replacment text helps the client see the type and amount of text needed for the various areas in the design.
You might hear people refer to this boilerplate as dummy text, mock text or filler text and typically they are using something called Lorem ipsum for this purpose.
Even if you are not in the design field, you’ve most likely seen Lorum ipsum on a website or two since sometimes people publish their websites without noticing that they still have areas where they did not replace the Lorem Ipsum with their own words.
You may wonder where this widely used text comes from. Lorum ipsum is actually a slightly garbled version of passages from a Latin classic by Cicero, “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” ( the Extremes of Good and Evil). The surprising thing is that it has been the standard for placeholder text since the 1950’s.
You can download the number of paragraphs of Lorum Imsum you need using a text generator program. But maybe it’s time to check out more updated replacement copy.
Perhaps you may want to try Cat Ipsum. Check it out:
Cat Ipsum
Purr. Sleep on keyboard instantly break out into full speed gallop across the house for no reason all of a sudden cat goes crazy eat all the power cords or scratch at the door then walk away. Intently stare at the same spot have my breakfast spaghetti yarn, need to chase tail run in circles leave dead animals as gifts catch mouse and gave it as a present cat slap dog in face. Pelt around the house and up and down stairs chasing phantoms. Lick butt and make a weird face burrow under covers. Howl uncontrollably for no reason play riveting piece on synthesizer keyboard but pee in human’s bed until he cleans the litter box or playing with balls of wool, so thug cat lies down.
Or for the hipsters in the crowd, Hipster ipsum creates artisanal filler for your pages.
Hipster Ipsum
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Pirates, you have not been left out. Get Yar Pirate ipsum here.
Yar Pirate Ipsum
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Enjoy yourself with these fun replacement text generators but please remember to use your own words before or printing your brochure or publishing your site.
