Monday, 18 April 2016
Lorem Ipsum is "pain itself"
In publishing and graphic design "Lorem Ipsum" is filler text commonly used to replace meaningful content with unreadable text thereby allowing viewers to focus on graphic aspects such as font, typography, and page layout without being distracted by the content.
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 2,000 years old. The term "lorem ipsum" is derived from the latin "dolorem ipsum" which translates as "pain itself" … which anyone who has repeatedly had clients ask why they can't read the text in the visual might find apt.
You can generate as many paragraphs of this dummy text as you like at this site: Lorem Ipsum
Or, if you are using InDesign you can simply select a text box with the type tool, go to the TYPE menu, scroll down and select "Fill with placeholder text" and your box will fill with latin placeholder text.