Lorem Ipsum - Text Filler

If you've ever designed anything with text, chances are good you've run into the ubiquitous dummy text. Entire columns and pages filled with unintelligible gibberish, aka fake latin, aka greeked text, or simply referred to as Lorem Ipsum, from the first two words of the standard gibberish variation.

Dummy Text Generators

The general point of using gibberish is, aside from saving time, is for the client to focus on the overall layout and design of a new creation rather than zeroing in on the details -- which they inevitably do if the text used in a design mockup is real. Creating this text from scratch is a pain obviously, so unsurprisingly there are many sites out there that will generate the dummy text for you. The granddaddy of them is the Lipsum site. It works fine, but it is sorely outdated and anything that requires four clicks instead of one should be avoided in my book. So, when you need dummy text, go to any one of these two sites (there are many others, but these two are the best).

• Lorem2
• Blind Text Generator

Better Text Generators

None of this is new however, and even in the best of times the entire Lorem Ipsum world is exceedingly dull. To keep the doldrums at bay, a few of the online dummy text generators have come up with some wonderful alternatives.

So, if you're looking to spruce up your next mockup for a client, check any of the following alternatives. (There are many more, but these are our current favorites.) 

• Fillerati — Pick an author, pick a book, and watch the magic unfold.
• Bacon Ispum — Do we really need to explain this one?
• Gangsta Ipsum — Past its expiration date, but still funny.
• Fillerama — Dummy text pulled from your choice of TV show. Our favorite of course is Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• Samuel L. Ipsum — Genius, pure genius.
• T'Lipsum — Anyone who's had the pleasure (?) of visiting northern England will appreciate this one.
• Hipster Ipsum — For everyone who desparately needs to belong.
• TV Ipsum — An endless stream of TV-phernalia.
• Bluth Ipsum — And finally, our all-time favorite. Dummy text created entirely out of Arrested Development quotes. So odd and weird that only a stroke of genius could have created it all.

So... now you know what to do, go and there's unlimited juice? This party is gonna be off the hook. What's next, Michael? Are you going to make dancing illegal? Is this the tiny town from Footloose? It was the first taste of alcohol Buster had since he was nursing. Wow. We're just blowing through nap time, aren't we? Look at us, crying like a couple of girls on the last day of camp.