Frequently asked questions about fonts:
What does 'lorem ipsum dolor' mean?
'Lorem ipsum dolor' is the first part of a nonsense paragraph sometimes
used to demonstrate a font. It has been well established that if you
write anything as a sample, people will spend more time reading the
copy than looking at the font. The "gibberish" below is sufficiently
like ordinary text to demonstrate a font but doesn't distract the reader.
Hopefully....
Rick Pali submits the following from Before and After Magazine
(Vol.4 Nr.2):
"After telling everyone that Lorem ipsum, the nonsensical text that
comes with PageMaker, only looks like Latin but actually says nothing, I
heard from Richard McClintock, publication director at the
Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, who had enlightening news:
"Lorem ipsum is latin, slightly jumbled, the remnants of a passage from
Cicero's _de Finibus_ 1.10.32, which begins 'Neque porro quisquam est
qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit...'
[There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to
have it, simply because it is pain.]. [de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum,
written in 45 BC, is a treatise on the theory of ethics very popular in
the Renaisance.]
"What I find remarkable is that this text has been the industry's
standard dummy text ever since some printer in the 1500s took a galley
of type and scambled it to make a type specimen book; it has survived
not only four centuries of letter-by-letter resetting but even the leap
into electronic typesetting, essentially unchanged except for an
occational 'ing' or 'y' thrown in. It's ironic that when the
then-understood Latin was scrambled, it became as incomprehensible as
Greek; the phrase 'it's Greek to me' and 'greeking' have common semantic
roots!"
One Example of Lorem Ipsum Dolor
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetaur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in
culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum Et harumd und
lookum like Greek to me, dereud facilis est er expedit distinct. Nam
liber te conscient to factor tum poen legum odioque civiuda. Et tam
neque pecun modut est neque nonor et imper ned libidig met,
consectetur adipiscing elit, sed ut labore et dolore magna aliquam
makes one wonder who would ever read this stuff? Bis nostrud
exercitation ullam mmodo consequet. Duis aute in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. eos et accusam
dignissum qui blandit est praesent luptatum delenit aigue excepteur
sint occae. Et harumd dereud facilis est er expedit distinct. Nam
libe soluta nobis eligent optio est congue nihil impedit doming id
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, set eiusmod
tempor incidunt et labore et dolore magna aliquam. Ut enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exerc. Irure dolor in reprehend incididunt ut
labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud
exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
molestaie cillum. Tia non ob ea soluad incommod quae egen ium improb
fugiend. Officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum Et harumd dereud
facilis est er expedit distinct.
Nam liber te conscient to factor tum
poen legum odioque civiuda et tam. Neque pecun modut est neque nonor
et imper ned libidig met, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed ut labore
et dolore magna aliquam is nostrud exercitation ullam mmodo consequet.
Duis aute in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. At vver eos et accusam dignissum qui blandit est praesent.
Trenz pruca beynocguon doas nog apoply su trenz ucu hugh rasoluguon
monugor or trenz ucugwo jag scannar. Wa hava laasad trenzsa gwo
producgs su Idfo Branid, yop quiel geg ba solaly rasponsubla rof trenzur
sala ent dusgrubuguon. Offoctivo immoriatoly, hawrgasi pwicos asi
sirucor.Thas sirutciun applios tyu thuso itoms ghuso pwicos gosi
sirucor in mixent gosi sirucor ic mixent ples cak ontisi sowios uf
Zerm hawr rwivos. Unte af phen neige pheings atoot Prexs eis phat eit
sakem eit vory gast te Plok peish ba useing phen roxas. Eslo
idaffacgad gef trenz beynocguon quiel ba trenz Spraadshaag ent trenz
dreek wirc procassidt program. Cak pwico vux bolug incluros all uf cak
sirucor hawrgasi itoms alung gith cakiw nog pwicos. Plloaso mako nuto
uf cakso dodtos anr koop a cupy uf cak vux noaw yerw phuno. Whag
schengos, uf efed, quiel ba mada su otrenzr swipontgwook proudgs hus
yag su ba dagarmidad. Plasa maku noga wipont trenzsa schengos ent kaap
zux copy wipont trenz kipg naar mixent phona. Cak pwico siructiun
ruos nust apoply tyu cak UCU sisulutiun munityuw uw cak UCU-TGU jot
scannow. Trens roxas eis ti Plokeing quert loppe eis yop prexs. Piy
opher hawers, eit yaggles orn ti sumbloat alohe plok. Su havo loasor
cakso tgu pwuructs tyu Infu Bwain, ghu gill nug bo suloly sispunsiblo
fuw cakiw salo anr ristwibutiun. Hei muk neme eis loppe. Treas em
wankeing ont sime ploked peish rof phen sumbloat syug si phat phey
gavet peish ta paat ein pheeir sumbloats. Aslu unaffoctor gef cak
siructiun gill bo cak spiarshoot anet cak Gur sed Ganglo gur pwucossing
pwutwam.
Ghat dodtos, ig pany, gill bo maro tyu ucakw suftgasi
pwuructs hod yot tyubo rotowminor. Plloaso mako nuto uf cakso dodtos
anr koop a cupy uf cak vux noaw yerw phuno. Whag schengos, uf efed,
quiel ba mada su otrenzr swipontgwook proudgs hus yag su ba
dagarmidad. Plasa maku noga wipont trenzsa schengos ent kaap zux copy
wipont trenz kipg naar mixent phona. Cak pwico siructiun ruos nust
apoply tyu cak UCU sisulutiun munityuw uw cak UCU-TGU jot scannow.
Trens roxas eis ti Plokeing quert loppe eis yop prexs. Piy opher
hawers, eit yaggles orn ti sumbloat alohe plok. Su havo loasor cakso
tgu pwuructs tyu.
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[This version was found on CompuServe. It differs from other versions I
have seen in print, increasingly so as you go along. It almost looks
computer-generated, doesn't it? (Text revised 10 May 2001, BMcC.) A search for "Lorem ipsum"
on any major search engine, e.g. AltaVista, should return many hits.] |
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