Lorem Ipsum Generator
Placeholder text since 45 BC. Still going strong.
What this does
Type a number, then click Paragraphs, Sentences or Words. You get that much lorem ipsum, the fake Latin that fills a page while the real words are still being written. A placeholder text generator with no opinions about your content, because there isn't any yet.
Common use cases
Mockups and templates. A flyer, a slide deck, a website layout, a newsletter template. You need text-shaped blocks so the design looks finished before the writing is.
Checking what fits. Ask for 40 words to see if a caption or a product card can hold them. Ask for 5 paragraphs to see how a page reads when it's full.
Showing a design to someone else. Real-looking text keeps a client focused on fonts, spacing and layout instead of proofreading a sentence you wrote in a hurry.
Things to know
It always opens with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", in every mode. The output isn't random, so the same request gets the same text.
There are ten paragraphs in the rotation, about 300 words in total. Ask for more and they repeat from the top. Fine for filling space. Obvious if someone reads closely, which they won't.
Each mode comes out a little differently. Paragraphs are separated by a blank line. Sentences come back as one block. Words mode stops wherever the count runs out, punctuation and all, so 5 words gives you "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," with the comma still hanging on.
The count goes from 1 to 500. Five hundred paragraphs is roughly 14,750 words, which should cover anything short of a novel.
Privacy
Everything is generated in your browser. There's nothing to send anywhere. It's placeholder text. Nobody's after it.
Questions
Why is lorem ipsum in Latin, and what does it mean?
It's mangled Cicero. The source is De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, a book on ethics from 45 BC, and the original passage argues that nobody loves pain for its own sake. Somewhere along the way the text got chopped up and 'dolorem' lost its first syllable, which is where 'lorem' comes from. Letraset sold it on dry-transfer lettering sheets in the 1960s, and it's been the default filler ever since. It means nothing now. That's the job.
Why use fake text instead of real words?
Real words get read. Put actual copy in a mockup and the meeting turns into an edit of the copy. Lorem ipsum has the shape of text, with normal word lengths and punctuation, but nobody stops to read it, so people look at the layout you wanted them to look at.
Can I get text that doesn't start with Lorem ipsum?
Not from this tool. There's no shuffle and no switch: the same request gives the same text, and it always opens with the classic line. If that bugs you, delete the first sentence or two after you copy it.
How long is one paragraph?
Between 24 and 36 words here, about 30 on average. That's shorter than most real writing, so if you're mocking up a long article, ask for a few more paragraphs than you think you need.