Lorem Ipsum is false text used in typesetting and layout before printing.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has its roots in a work of classical Latin literature dating back to 45 BC, making it 2,000 years old. A professor at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, took one of the most obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a passage in Lorem Ipsum, and by studying all the uses of this word in classical literature, discovered the undeniable source of Lorem Ipsum. It actually comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero’s “De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (Of the Supreme Goods and the Supreme Evils). This work, very popular during the Renaissance, is a treatise on the theory of ethics. The first lines of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…”, come from section 1.10.32.
The standard extract from Lorem Ipsum used since the 16th century is reproduced below for the curious. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero’s “De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” are also reproduced in their original version, accompanied by the English translation by H. Rackham (1914).