Lorem Ipsum it is simply the dummy text of printers and text files. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text since the 1500s, when an unknown printer used a gallery of type and mixed it up in such a way that he managed to make a specimen textbook. It not only survived 500 years, but also entered as filler text in electronic documents, remaining essentially the same as the original. It was popularized in the 60s with the creation of "Letraset" sheets, which contained Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software, such as Aldus PageMaker, which includes versions of Lorem Ipsum.

Where does it come from?

Contrary to popular thought, Lorem Ipsum text is not simply random text. It has its roots in a classic piece of Latin literature, dating back to 45 BC, making it more than 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a professor of Latin at the University of Hampden-Sydney in Virginia, found one of the most obscure words in the Latin language, "consecteur," in a passage of Lorem Ipsum, and as he continued reading different Latin texts, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finnibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32