[thelist] "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet!" ?

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 19 11:37:49 CST 2002


> From: Simon Willison <cs1spw at bath.ac.uk>
>
> Just wondering what the origin of this oh-so-common piece of text is.
> I'm guessing it's Latin but what does it mean and why is it used so
> often to bulk out designs that have not yet had proper text added to
> them?

http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu:8080/hyper-lists/classics-
l/listserve_archives/log95/9510a/9510a.128.html

the "Before & After" article is the one i remember reading, but i
can't find it anywhere...




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