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 Lorem Ispum, Et Cetera
Often times in technical literature, the phrase "Lorem Ipsum" appears as a generic
filler for titles, names, and other nouns. Microsoft user's guides, back when such
items were printed, used Lorem Ipsum extensively, as did the Aldus (now Adobe)
PageMaker. In fact,
Lorem Ipsum has been used as a standard for text layout since the 1500s. The variation
of character widths and "p" with a descender provided typesetters with a means to
estimate the space needed to print a typical page, and the phrase, being in a foreign
language, does not unnecessarily take the reader's focus off the main point of the
article. Latin seems to be a good "neutral" language to use for printed matter that
would ultimately be translated into multiple other languages.
One problem though: Lorem Ipsum is not Latin. In fact, Lorem Ipsum is really
based on no language at all, but is adopted from a passage in Latin by Cicero, in
45 BC: "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur,
adipisci velit...," which translated, is, "There is no one who loves pain itself,
who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..." Lorem Ipsum
has become a noun, since a collection of Latin-type words arranged in pseudo-sentences
and paragraphs that look authentic is referred to as Lorem Ipsum.
Here is one of many online
Lorem Ipsum generators.
ChatGPT has this to say about Lorem Ipsum:
The "Lorem ipsum" text is commonly used as a placeholder in the design and typesetting
industry. It doesn't have a specific meaning as it is a scrambled version of Latin
words and phrases.
Example:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer auctor nisi
ut ligula faucibus interdum. Quisque consectetur eleifend orci, non cursus sapien
feugiat eu. Donec a risus vitae felis fringilla dapibus. Duis rhoncus magna id quam
ullamcorper, sed iaculis eros eleifend. Etiam fermentum, nunc sit amet ultrices
rutrum, nibh lorem feugiat enim, nec dignissim risus lacus non risus. Nunc tempor,
lacus a auctor rhoncus, turpis felis dignissim mauris, sit amet fermentum est ante
eu neque. Integer ullamcorper ex quis velit scelerisque, in tristique neque lobortis.
Vestibulum hendrerit nulla eu justo aliquam varius. Curabitur pellentesque mauris
et felis tincidunt efficitur.
Vivamus interdum, quam sed vulputate consectetur, elit mauris vulputate ligula,
ac consectetur turpis ante id neque. Phasellus ullamcorper velit vitae purus lobortis
eleifend. Morbi ac lacus felis. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et
netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Praesent non urna odio. Sed eu dui non
ligula ultricies efficitur. Donec sollicitudin interdum ante, eget facilisis enim
eleifend in.
Nam malesuada ante vel bibendum tempor. Proin et risus vel mi tristique luctus
at ut felis. In id nunc mi. Phasellus fringilla, velit sed dignissim egestas, lacus
elit pellentesque felis, ac efficitur purus orci sed urna. Cras eu rutrum tortor.
Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis
egestas. Curabitur gravida sollicitudin justo, non luctus felis malesuada in. Nullam
auctor, nisi non venenatis tristique, tortor nulla congue nulla, nec scelerisque
urna turpis vitae est.
Praesent quis lectus non purus mattis commodo ac vitae nulla. Nulla vel diam
ac urna faucibus vulputate. Curabitur et bibendum ligula. Suspendisse potenti. Aenean
convallis pellentesque tortor, a dictum sapien. Pellentesque eu leo fringilla, molestie
justo et, vestibulum odio. Cras id justo lacus. Nullam tristique efficitur dui,
id eleifend dolor tristique sit amet. Suspendisse vel erat vitae urna interdum sagittis.
Integer sit amet orci sit amet odio pretium laoreet. Sed laoreet risus et felis
pellentesque, id iaculis sem euismod.
Posted May 10, 2023
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