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The reason why "lorem ipsum" is latin is that since the language is almost extinct, it looks like real copy but it's very difficult that someone can send it to
by blue1 16y ago
The reason why "lorem ipsum" is latin is that since the language is almost extinct, it looks like real copy but it's very difficult that someone can send it to the printer by mistake, thinking it's the final text. (by the way, perhaps to typeset for the Vatican press they use something else...)
So, placing a real image as a placeholder is not a good idea.
- StavrosK 16y agoOn a tangent, I saw a designer use the text of the lipsum.com website (the English explanation of the origin of lorem ipsum) for the copy. Sort of defeating the purpose, isn't it?
- gigawatt 16y agoLorem Ipsum is actually abstracted one layer further. It's based on some text by Cicero, but it has been altered so it wouldn't even be readable if you knew Latin.
- blue1 16y agoPart of the Lorem Ipsum from Adobe is a pseudo-latin translation of a pseudo Rudy VanderLaans text on typography, concerning the legibility of typefaces. It's a rather convoluted insider joke.
- jacobbijani 16y agoWebsites don't go to print.
- blue1 16y agoWebsites can still go online with the wrong content. While it's less dramatic, it's still better to avoid it.