The Origin of
Lorem Ipsum

Learn how this placeholder text became the standard in the design and development world

Ancient Roots

The concept dates back to the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

1980s Adaptation

The standard chunk was born in the 1960s when Aldus Corporation needed placeholder text for their new typesetting software.

Modern Usage

Today, lorem ipsum is used by designers, developers, and content creators worldwide to preview layouts before final content is available.

Did You Know?

3.2 Trillion Uses

Lorem ipsum is estimated to be used in over 3.2 billion design and development projects annually

1000+ Variants

There are over a thousand different versions of the standard text fragments in use today

90% of Mockups

More than 90% of website prototypes and design mockups use lorem ipsum text