In my last post, I indicated that I would continue with my discussion on images. But, I need to cover a topic before I continue with images, and that topic is Lorem Ipsum. We will be using this extensively in our future posts.
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text that is typically used by web designers to assist with demonstrating the layout and functioning of a web page. Its intent is to draw the viewers attention to the look and feel of the design and not have the focus on actual readable content.
It’s derived from Latin, but with modifications that may it nonsensical. So, if you do not understand Latin, that’s fine and even if you do understand Latin the passages will not make sense to you. Either way the Lorem Ipsum passages have accomplished their purpose of drawing attention away from the content. It actually dates back to the 1500s when an unknown printer/typesetter took some type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
Another reason to use Lorem Ipsum is that a passage written in readable English, no matter how carefully crafted, might offend some or draw them emotionally into the content with the unintended consequences of diverting the focus away from the overview, layout or look and feel of the document.
Below is a sample passage of Lorem Ipsum:
“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.”
You can find this text at many online locations by searching under the name. A good site is www.lipsum.com. You simply copy and paste it into your documents.
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