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De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum by Cicero. Specifically from the opening of Book I, Chapter X, section 1 (section 1.10.32 for the pedantic types). Written circa 45 BC to ponder the ethics of exceeding the natural limits imposed upon us by Nature, it's a text that has long been considered to be one of the great works of the Stoic/Positivist school of thought. It was the perfect 'thesis' to punctuate the open, educated stance of early printing.
"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…"
The Latin passage is from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, written in the 1st century BC. Specifically, it is from the beginning of the first chapter of Book I, section 1.10.32, which goes on to develop the concept at greater length.
Some unknown typographer of the 16th century chose this passage to demonstrate typefaces, cutting up the words more or less haphazardly and tacking on 'Lorem' to the beginning of the word 'dolorem' (itself a halved word). Since then, the passage has been reproduced, almost without variation, for over 500 years. It is invisible because it is unreadable, so use it accordingly.
Yes, this is "good enough" for determining type spacing (breathing) but NO for determining content fit. A lot of time was spent rewriting a 500-word design mock-up, and it got derailed by a 20-minute discussion over a single word, "consectetur," because one of the stakeholders thought it was made up!
Emmet is available out of the box in all the major editors, including VS Code and all the JetBrains IDEs. If you write code, you're probably already using it to generate the Lorem Ipsum markup in your HTML files. If you write HTML, use the following to generate Lorem Ipsum with a specific character count (not word count) in an HTML file: type lorem50 and then hit Tab. If you need Markdown output, <ul><li> list markup, or one of the two non-Latin modes, this page is for you. For the rest, Emmet can do it faster.
While the text actually is Latin (extracted from the beginning of Cicero's De Finibus), it has been jumbled, reorganized, and even augmented with made-up words like "Lorem". So, while what you read is technically Latin, it does not actually form coherent Latin sentences. A trained Latin teacher could spot an oil can full of Lieber's Latin nonsense like this in about 2 seconds.
Unit = Paragraphs, Count = 3, Generate. That's the Link for you to review 3 paragraphs of filler within <p> tags for direct pasting into HTML.
This formatting is based on recognition. Most people would instantly recognize the first paragraph of Lorem Ipsum as filler that should be ignored. But when the toggle is turned off, the first paragraph of filler looks like a very unusual real sentence. For design reviews, you would want the toggle turned on.
Used for Typography QA only. Latin text has an unusually smooth letter distribution. Unlike real English, which can form very wide words (e.g., responsibilities, asymmetrical) that break a narrow column, Word Soup is mixed with short and long English words to reveal any such flaws in your design.
The URL in the address bar updates with each new generation. You can copy this URL and send it to anyone else. An example URL with the above settings is: ?unit=paragraphs&count=3&format=html&mode=latin. This link opens with the same settings you used to generate the example above. Useful for creating a bookmarklet or including in a project README file.