Filler text without opening a browser tab
When a layout needs filler text, the usual routine is to search for a generator, wait for the page, choose options, select the output and copy it. Simple Lorem Ipsum Generator cuts that to a key press and a click. It sits by the clock as a small ruled card with ten lines.
Move the pointer down the card and the lines fill with text as you go, while a large number at the top shows the count, such as 4 sentences. One click copies that amount. A tab strip across the top switches between Words, Sentences and Paragraphs, and a Language menu under the card sets what the text is written in.
With the preview right in front of you, there is no guessing whether three sentences will fill the box in your mockup. Point at a different line and the preview changes.
Copy lorem ipsum dolor sit amet in one move
Most people want the familiar opening. With Start with "Lorem ipsum" switched on in Settings, which is how it ships, Latin text always begins with Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, so a placeholder reads as a placeholder to anyone reviewing the design. Turn it off and each copy begins at a different point, which helps when several cards or columns on one page should not all start with the same words.
Paragraphs are separated by a blank line, so they paste into a word processor, a design tool or a content field as separate blocks.
English, Chinese and Japanese lorem ipsum
Latin can mislead a layout. A product page for a Japanese or Chinese market wraps and breaks lines very differently from Latin, and a layout that looked fine with Latin can overflow once real copy arrives. Pick Chinese or Japanese from the Language menu to test line length with the right kind of characters.
English, French, German and Spanish are there as well. They are useful when a reviewer keeps getting distracted by Latin, or when you want to see how longer European words behave in a narrow column.
What does lorem ipsum mean?
Nothing, on purpose. The passage is a mangled excerpt from a treatise on ethics that Cicero wrote in the first century BC, chopped up until it only resembles Latin. Even the first word is a stub: lorem is the tail end of dolorem, meaning pain. That near-nonsense is the point, because reviewers look at type, spacing and balance instead of reading the sentences and arguing with them.
