Lorem Ipsum Generator
Placeholder paragraphs, sentences or words, in Latin or plain English.
About this tool
Generates placeholder text: paragraphs, sentences, words or list items.
Worth knowing what it costs you. Lorem ipsum makes a layout look finished before anyone has decided what it says, and the copy then gets written to fit a design that was built for text which does not exist. Latin word lengths and sentence rhythm do not match English, so a heading that fits here often will not fit once it is real.
For testing overflow, line height and how a component behaves with too much text, it is exactly the right tool. For deciding whether a page works, real draft copy — however rough — tells you far more.
Common questions
Why is lorem ipsum used at all?
Because readable text pulls attention to the writing when you want to judge the layout. Nonsense that has the texture of language lets you look at spacing and rhythm instead of reading.
Should I use it in a real design?
For testing how a component handles too much text, yes. For deciding whether a page works, no — a layout built around placeholder text tends to need rebuilding once the real copy turns out to be a different length.
Will it hurt my SEO if it ships?
Only in the sense that a page of Latin nonsense has nothing to rank for and looks unfinished to anyone who lands on it. It happens more often than you would think — search for "lorem ipsum" plus a site and you will find some.
Where does the text come from?
It is a scrambled passage from Cicero's De Finibus, written in 45 BC. That is why it looks like Latin but does not mean anything.