Lorem Ipsum Generator — Paragraphs, Sentences, Words

How to use it#

Choose paragraphs, sentences or words.
Drag the slider until you have as much as your layout needs.
Copy the text, or download it as a file.
Press Generate new text if you want a different draw.

Why designers use nonsense on purpose#

Real copy in a mockup gets read, and once it is being read the conversation moves to the words instead of the layout. Latin-looking filler keeps the shape and rhythm of real prose, so line lengths and paragraph blocks look right, while giving nobody anything to argue about.

It is also a check on the design itself. If a layout only looks good with the specific sentence someone wrote for the demo, it will fall over on the second page. Filler text of roughly the right length shows how the thing behaves with content it was not tuned for.

The counter-argument is real: placeholder text hides how a design copes with a long headline, an empty state, or a name that does not fit. Use it to check the shape, then replace it before anyone signs anything off.

Changing the length does not reshuffle the text#

Most generators redraw from scratch every time you change the amount, so asking for one more paragraph hands back four paragraphs you have never seen. If you had already pasted three into a design, they no longer match.

This one draws from a seed, so the sequence is fixed until you ask for a new one. Going from three paragraphs to four keeps the three and adds a fourth. Generate new text is the button that changes the draw, which is the distinction between a setting and an action.

Where the words come from#

The text is built from the vocabulary of the passage everyone knows, which is itself a scrambled extract from Cicero, written in 45 BC on the subject of pleasure and pain. Typesetters have used it since the 1500s, and it survived into digital design because it has the letter distribution of real Latin without being readable as anything.

The opening is the part people recognise, so it is on by default and can be turned off if you want the whole block to look arbitrary. Sentence and paragraph lengths vary within a range chosen to read like prose rather than like a list.

Frequently asked questions#

Why does the text not change when I move the slider?

Because the length is a setting, not a new request. The text runs from a seed, so raising the count extends what is already there instead of replacing it, which means a block you have already pasted somewhere stays valid. Generate new text gives you a fresh draw.

Is this real Latin?

Not quite. It comes from a passage of Cicero written in 45 BC, but it was scrambled by a typesetter centuries ago and the result does not mean anything. That is the point: it looks like language without being readable as one.

How much can I generate at once?

Up to 200 paragraphs, or 200 words if you are counting words. Past that a mockup is better served by a smaller block repeated, and the browser stops enjoying it.

Can I use this text in something I publish?

You can, in the sense that nobody owns it, but you almost certainly should not. Published lorem ipsum is a well-known embarrassment, and search engines have nothing to do with a page of it. Use it to check a layout, then replace it.