Lorem ipsum generator

Make lorem ipsum placeholder text for layouts, mockups and tests. Choose how much text you need and the format, then copy it.

What lorem ipsum is

Lorem ipsum is placeholder text, also called dummy text or Latin filler text. Designers and developers use it to fill a layout before the real copy exists, so the page shows how text will look without anyone reading the words.

The text comes from a passage of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum, written in 45 BC. Words were cut and changed, so it reads like Latin but means nothing. It became common in the 1960s through Letraset transfer sheets and later in desktop publishing software. Our article on what lorem ipsum dolor sit amet means covers the original Latin line by line. Dummy text like this is also called greeking.

If you need readable English instead of Latin, use the random text generator.

How to use this generator

• Paragraphs give you blocks of 4 to 8 sentences for body copy.
• Sentences suit captions, card text and short descriptions.
• Words suit headings, buttons and labels.
• Characters gives text of an exact length, counted with spaces, such as a 200 or 255 characters example for a database field, or 1,000 or 3,000 characters for a form limit. You can ask for up to 10,000 characters. The line above the text shows the character and word count, so it also answers how many words 1,000 characters is: about 140 words of lorem ipsum.
• HTML <p> tags wraps each paragraph so you can paste it into a template. HTML list gives one <li> per paragraph or sentence.

The text is generated in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and there is no limit on how often you use it.

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