What is Lorem Ipsum?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin over
literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney
College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,
and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem from
Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus 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 world
Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections
1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original
form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Lorem Ipsum
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
- Quisque at lorem vel tellus commodo pellentesque quis nec sapien.
- Nullam viverra lorem quis nibh maximus, sit amet mollis nisi tincidunt.
- Duis molestie sem ac urna maximus, sit amet gravida nisl convallis.
- Nullam accumsan ante vel elementum malesuada.
- Curabitur volutpat nisi vitae mollis suscipit.
- Etiam scelerisque ex eget metus dapibus ultricies.
- Vivamus nec justo id velit venenatis pharetra at sed massa.
- Pellentesque ullamcorper leo quis orci faucibus condimentum.
- Vestibulum quis sem nec nisi pulvinar blandit.
- Proin in risus id urna sagittis luctus.
- Ut dignissim felis malesuada, imperdiet sapien ac, cursus tortor.
Nulla facilisi. Pellentesque faucibus egestas ipsum eu tincidunt. Suspendisse a placerat libero. Nulla nec tempor urna. Mauris ut cursus nisl, vitae viverra leo. Suspendisse vitae libero id nisl rhoncus efficitur vel eu purus Suspendisse mollis ut nisi ac placerat. Morbi volutpat, risus non posuere commodo, nisl arcu porta erat, at dext aliquet metus arcu a risus. Aliquam consequat orci in leo imperdiet, posuere elementum leo auctor.
