So how did the classical Latin become so incoherent? According to McClintock, a 15th century typesetter likely scrambled part of Cicero’s De Finibus in order to provide placeholder text to mockup...
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June 2021
Richard McClintock, a Latin scholar from Hampden-Sydney College
Until recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious...
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The purpose of lorem ipsum is to create a natural
The purpose of lorem ipsum is to create a natural looking block of text (sentence, paragraph, page, etc.) that doesn’t distract from the layout. A practice not without controversy, laying out pages...
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Until recently, the prevailing view assumed
lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. ...
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Today it’s seen all around the web; on templates,
websites, and stock designs...
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Experienced a surge in popularity during the 1960s
when Letraset used it on their dry-transfer sheets...
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The purpose of lorem ipsum is to create a natural looking.
The purpose of lorem ipsum is to create a natural looking block of text...
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