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Basics of Design

The standard dummy text used by printers has been used since the 1500s, when an unknown printer scrambled text to make a specimen book. This dummy text has survived over 500 years including the transition to electronic publishing, remaining largely unchanged. It became popular because its nonsensical words remove distractions from the visual elements being demonstrated.

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Basics of Design

The standard dummy text used by printers has been used since the 1500s, when an unknown printer scrambled text to make a specimen book. This dummy text has survived over 500 years including the transition to electronic publishing, remaining largely unchanged. It became popular because its nonsensical words remove distractions from the visual elements being demonstrated.

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John Toshima
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um has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a

galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries,
but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popu

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