There are two kinds of people in the world:
1) Those who see “Lorem Ipsum” and know exactly what it means.
2) Those who see it and go lolwut?
(Note: There are more that these two kinds of people, but not in this blog post!)
As a designer, I’m firmly in the first camp. Lorem Ipsum refers to the latin placeholder text that is often used when designing anything from a brochure to a catalog to a website. When I’m designing a new website, I’ll often use this sort of dummy copy as it does a good job of representing English copy at a glance, and fills out a visual presentation in a nicer way than mashing the keyboard and throwing a random sequence of characters.
Here’s a common sample of this filler text, from lipsum.com
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam sapien lectus, luctus at fermentum non, hendrerit et enim. Etiam venenatis bibendum erat, posuere venenatis justo tempus eu. Morbi fermentum turpis in risus lacinia auctor. Morbi accumsan nibh quis massa ultrices eget feugiat tortor dignissim.
Lipsum.com is my go-to site for placeholder text, but I’m also digging the new site loripsum.net which gives a few more options for the placeholder text it produces.
So that’s Lorem Ipsum. But there’s more to this esoteric story. I’m writing today to call attention to the a variety of this filler text that may just elicit both reactions above. If you’re looking to spice up your Lorem Ipsum, here are a few varieties.
Voluptate sustainable thundercats you probably haven’t heard of them, jean shorts mcsweeney’s deserunt marfa fanny pack consectetur. Salvia letterpress iphone, viral aute artisan vero laborum non cliche sed. Before they sold out DIY beard, carles eu food truck whatever commodo nisi.
Lorizzle ipsum dolor hizzle amet, fo adipiscing daahng dawg. Nullam sapien velizzle, aliquet volutpat, fo shizzle mah nizzle fo rizzle, mah home g-dizzle quis, gravida vizzle, arcu. Pellentesque break yo neck, yall tortizzle. The bizzle erizzle.
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with.
Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet swine capicola pancetta, chicken pig filet mignon chuck flank kielbasa jowl ribeye pastrami andouille leberkäse. Swine andouille beef ribs venison, ribeye frankfurter meatloaf ham meatball beef flank salami pork belly.
Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I’m not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain’s going to be? He’s the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they’re friends, like you and me!
Veggies sunt bona vobis, proinde vos postulo esse magis artichoke brussels sprout seakale salsify soybean turnip jícama nori watercress carrot kombu courgette turnip greens chard gourd dandelion peanut.
Mead Bright beer Grainy Microbrewery Cask Saccharification Conditioning Tank. Enzymes Cane sugar Dry Hopping Centrifugation Salamanzar Finishing Hops, Cask, Racking Cane. Oxidized Nebuchadnezzar Balthazar Draugh.
Requiem shark smalltooth sawfish pomfret, scabbard fish goldfish taimen tripod fish tube-snout prowfish tiger shark? Goldeye longfin smelt largemouth bass Australasian salmon California smoothtongue pufferfish.
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