Origins of "Lorem Ipsum" (was Re: [thelist] site check -- http://spinhead.com/new)

Kristof Neirynck k.neirynck at belgacom.net
Mon Jul 15 09:51:16 CDT 2002


This is the best I can come up with:
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cicero/fin1.shtml#32

Kristof

>> It's latin - an excerpt from Cicero's famous essay that begins "Lorem
>> ipsum sit amet...".
>
>
> The altered text is drawn from sections 1.10.32 to 1.10.33 of his "de
> Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" and has been used as "dummy text" since the
> 1500s.
>
> I've got more info here:
> <http://www.saila.com/usage/lorem/>





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