Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Where does it come from?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
What is that?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus commodo mauris et malesuada maximus. Cras lectus arcu, accumsan nec velit ultrices, auctor ullamcorper metus. Vivamus eget tincidunt nisi. Donec mollis neque sed lacus imperdiet egestas. Integer posuere egestas lacus, ut sodales urna volutpat eget. Donec nec orci felis. Maecenas sed sapien justo. Nulla ultricies ex mollis volutpat aliquet. Morbi ac tortor sollicitudin, mollis dolor semper, suscipit neque.
Morbi ac nibh id turpis rutrum porttitor. In tortor erat, fringilla viverra maximus in, volutpat bibendum orci. Fusce tincidunt velit sagittis, eleifend enim quis, dapibus est. Proin risus lorem, gravida vitae ligula sed, laoreet semper massa. Mauris eget gravida elit. Maecenas felis metus, euismod at lorem id, tempus varius dui. Proin in arcu eget orci pretium auctor ac sed ligula. Morbi ornare magna nec ipsum tincidunt accumsan. Aenean ut sagittis sem. In sed mi ut lectus finibus iaculis id a purus. Quisque consequat condimentum tellus sit amet mattis. Cras eu quam ante. Proin sit amet elit iaculis, scelerisque augue non, volutpat ligula.
What is that?
Nunc vestibulum tincidunt ullamcorper. Vestibulum malesuada sapien vestibulum molestie viverra. Proin accumsan eget sapien in tincidunt. Mauris vel ex eu ipsum pharetra molestie. Donec ac elit scelerisque, tempor enim ac, consectetur est. Integer ut tincidunt nisi. Suspendisse auctor sapien vel quam elementum hendrerit quis sit amet neque. Mauris id ante risus. Donec venenatis, magna tincidunt laoreet faucibus, quam erat tincidunt orci, vitae laoreet diam nibh non ligula. In sed tortor felis.
Why do we use it?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
What is Lorem?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus commodo mauris et malesuada maximus. Cras lectus arcu, accumsan nec velit ultrices, auctor ullamcorper metus. Vivamus eget tincidunt nisi. Donec mollis neque sed lacus imperdiet egestas. Integer posuere egestas lacus, ut sodales urna volutpat eget. Donec nec orci felis. Maecenas sed sapien justo. Nulla ultricies ex mollis volutpat aliquet. Morbi ac tortor sollicitudin, mollis dolor semper, suscipit neque.
Morbi ac nibh id turpis rutrum porttitor. In tortor erat, fringilla viverra maximus in, volutpat bibendum orci. Fusce tincidunt velit sagittis, eleifend enim quis, dapibus est. Proin risus lorem, gravida vitae ligula sed, laoreet semper massa. Mauris eget gravida elit. Maecenas felis metus, euismod at lorem id, tempus varius dui. Proin in arcu eget orci pretium auctor ac sed ligula. Morbi ornare magna nec ipsum tincidunt accumsan. Aenean ut sagittis sem. In sed mi ut lectus finibus iaculis id a purus. Quisque consequat condimentum tellus sit amet mattis. Cras eu quam ante. Proin sit amet elit iaculis, scelerisque augue non, volutpat ligula.
On what is Ipsum good?
Nunc vestibulum tincidunt ullamcorper. Vestibulum malesuada sapien vestibulum molestie viverra. Proin accumsan eget sapien in tincidunt. Mauris vel ex eu ipsum pharetra molestie. Donec ac elit scelerisque, tempor enim ac, consectetur est. Integer ut tincidunt nisi. Suspendisse auctor sapien vel quam elementum hendrerit quis sit amet neque. Mauris id ante risus. Donec venenatis, magna tincidunt laoreet faucibus, quam erat tincidunt orci, vitae laoreet diam nibh non ligula. In sed tortor felis.
