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In [[publishing]] and [[graphic design]], '''lorem ipsum''' (derived from Latin ''dolorem ipsum'', translated as "pain itself") is a filler text commonly used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation.

== Description ==

Replacing meaningful content with placeholder text allows viewers to focus on graphic aspects such as [[font]], [[typography]], and [[page layout]] without being distracted by the [[content]].

It also reduces the need for the designer to come up with meaningful text, as they can instead use quickly-generated ''lorem ipsum''.

The ''lorem ipsum'' text is typically a scrambled section of ''[[De finibus bonorum et malorum]]'', a 1st-century BC Latin text by [[Cicero]], with words altered, added, and removed to make it nonsensical, improper [[Latin]].

== See also ==

* [[Boilerplate]]
* [[Boilerplate code]]
* [[Page layout]]
* [[Typography]]
* [[Visual arts]]
* [[Writing]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum Lorem ipsum]


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[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Web design]]
[[Category:Web design and development]]
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