act that a reader will |
, as opposed to using 'Content |
Contrary to popular belief, |
be distracted by the readable |
here, content here', |
Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. |
content of a page |
making it look like readable English. |
It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. |
when looking at its |
Many desktop publishing packages |
Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, |
layout. |
and web page editors |
from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. |
The point of using |
now use Lorem Ipsum |
Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" |
Lorem Ipsum is that |
as their default model text, |
(The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. |
it has a more-or-less |
and a search for 'lorem ipsum' |
This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. |
normal |
will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. |
The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32. |
distribution of letters |
Various versions have evolved over the years |
Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" |
Last |
, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like). |
Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" |