Lorem Ipsum Generator
Generate placeholder text: choose how many paragraphs, sentences, words or list items you want, the item length and whether to include HTML markup. Supports Lorem, Batman, Marvel and Pokémon ipsum.
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Lorem Ipsum explained
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is the dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. It looks like Latin (most of its words are real Latin words) but it has no coherent meaning, which is exactly the point: the reader's eye is not distracted by readable content and can focus on the layout, the typography and the visual balance of a page. The standard passage starts like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing 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.Where does it come from?
The text is not random gibberish. It is a scrambled excerpt of De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum ("On the Ends of Good and Evil"), a treatise on ethics written by Cicero in 45 BC. The words "lorem ipsum" are the tail end of dolorem ipsum ("pain itself") from section 1.10.32: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit… ("Nor is there anyone who loves pain itself because it is pain, but because sometimes circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure"). Latin scholar Richard McClintock traced the source in the 1980s by looking up one of its more obscure words, consectetur, in the classical literature.
Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard filler since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It survived five centuries of typesetting, was popularized in the 1960s by Letraset dry-transfer sheets and reached every desktop in the 1980s with Aldus PageMaker, which shipped it as its default sample text. Today it is built into most design tools and word processors.
Why do designers use it?
- Neutral content. Real text invites reviewers to comment on the wording instead of the design; a placeholder keeps the discussion on layout.
- Realistic shape. Its word lengths and distribution of letters are close to English, so line breaks, widows and text blocks look like they will with the final copy. "Content here, content here" repeated does not.
- Always available. You can generate any amount instantly, in paragraphs, sentences, words or list items, and drop it into a mock-up, a template, a CMS or a test database.
Keep in mind that placeholder text hides real-world problems such as very long words, right-to-left scripts, accented characters and content that is much longer or shorter than expected. Test with real content before shipping.
The variants
| Type | Flavor | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Lorem Ipsum | The classic pseudo-Latin, built from the Cicero vocabulary; optionally starts with the canonical "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…" opening. | Any professional mock-up, print or web. |
| Batman Ipsum | Brooding vocabulary of a caped vigilante: rooftops, gargoyles, sirens and rain-soaked alleys. | Dark themes, comic and gaming layouts, demos that need a smile. |
| Marvel Ipsum | Cosmic superhero jargon: shields, serums, infinity stones and the multiverse. | Colorful, high-energy designs. |
| Pokémon Ipsum | Trainers, gym badges, evolutions and super-effective moves. | Playful and kid-oriented projects. |
| Cupcake Ipsum | A sugar rush of frosting, sprinkles, caramel and pastries. | Food, bakery and lifestyle sites. |
| Hipster Ipsum | Artisan, small-batch, single-origin buzzwords. | Coffee shops, craft brands, portfolios. |
All flavors share the same engine: every sentence has a random length that depends on the item size (small 4–8 words, medium 8–14, large 14–22), starts with a capital letter, may contain a comma or two and ends with a period or, occasionally, a question or exclamation mark. Paragraphs contain 3–4, 5–7 or 8–12 sentences respectively. Themed vocabularies were written for this site and are generated on the fly in your browser; no two results are identical.
Using the HTML output
With Include HTML markup the paragraphs are wrapped in <p> elements and the list items in a <ul>, so the result can be pasted directly into a template, a CMS body field or a static site generator. Plain output separates paragraphs with a blank line, which Markdown editors understand as a paragraph break.