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Lorem ipsum is a pseudo-Latin text used in web design, typography, layout, and printing in

place of English to emphasise design elements over content. It's also called placeholder (or filler)
text. It's a convenient tool for mock-ups. It helps to outline the visual elements of a document or
presentation, eg typography, font, or layout. Lorem ipsum is mostly a part of a Latin text by the
classical author and philosopher Cicero. Its words and letters have been changed by addition or
removal, so to deliberately render its content nonsensical; it's not genuine, correct, or
comprehensible Latin anymore. While lorem ipsum's still resembles classical Latin, it actually
has no meaning whatsoever. As Cicero's text doesn't contain the letters K, W, or Z, alien to latin,
these, and others are often inserted randomly to mimic the typographic appearence of European
languages, as are digraphs not to be found in the original.

In a professional context it often happens that private or corporate clients corder a publication to
be made and presented with the actual content still not being ready. Think of a news blog that's
filled with content hourly on the day of going live. However, reviewers tend to be distracted by
comprehensible content, say, a random text copied from a newspaper or the internet. The are
likely to focus on the text, disregarding the layout and its elements. Besides, random text risks to
be unintendedly humorous or offensive, an unacceptable risk in corporate environments. Lorem
ipsum and its many variants have been employed since the early 1960ies, and quite likely since
the sixteenth century.

Lorem Ipsum: common examples

уциус лабитур ид. Ет хис нонумес нолуиссе дигниссим. Chinese Lorem Ipsum:
側経意責家方家閉討店暖育田庁載社転線宇。得君新術治温抗添代話考振投員殴大闘北裁
。品間識部案代学凰処済準世一戸刻法分。悼測済諏計飯利安凶断理資沢同岩面文認革。内
警格化再薬方久化体教御決数詭芸得筆代。 Indian Lorem Ipsum: पढाए ह िंदी र ारुप अनुवाद
कार्यलर् मु ख्य सिंस्था सोफ़तवेर हनरपेक्ष उनका आपके बाटते आशाआपस मु ख्यत उशकी करता। शु रुआत सिंस्था
कुशलता में भटृ अनुवाद गएआप हवशे ष सकते पररभाहषत लाभान्वित प्रहत दे कर समजते हदशामे प्राप्त जै से वर्यन
सिंस्थान हनमाय ता प्रव्रुहत भाहत चुनने उपलब्ध बेंगलू र अथय पुर्य Armeninian Lorem Ipsum: լոռեմ իպսում
դոլոռ սիթ ամեթ, լաբոռե մոդեռաթիուս եթ հաս, պեռ ոմնիս լաթինե դիսպութաթիոնի աթ,
վիս ֆեուգաիթ ծիվիբուս եխ. վիվենդում լաբոռամուս ելաբոռառեթ նամ ին.

In 1985 Aldus Corporation launched its first desktop publishing program Aldus PageMaker for
Apple Macintosh computers, released in 1987 for PCs running Windows 1.0. Both contained the
variant lorem ipsum most common today. Laura Perry, then art director with Aldus, modified
prior versions of Lorem Ipsum text from typographical specimens; in the 1960s and 1970s it
appeared often in lettering catalogs by Letraset. Anecdotal evidence has it that Letraset used
Lorem ipsum already from 1970 onwards, eg. for grids (page layouts) for ad agencies. Many
early desktop publishing programs, eg. Adobe PageMaker, used it to create template.

Most text editors like MS Word or Lotus Notes generate random lorem text when needed, either
as pre-installed module or plug-in to be added. Word selection or sequence don't necessarily

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