We are all familiar with the filler text used on various mock-ups (web sites and more). It typically begins with “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur…” and continues for a number of paragraphs. I accidentally discovered a few alternatives today. Which got me to tweeting and after a number of interactions with others, I decided to put together this list. While it is not complete, it should give one a sense of the vast number of these generators (many creative minds with a little time on their hands). I have alphabetized this list in hopes that others will find it useful. If you have others to add, please put them in the comments.
An example of a generator of the original text (based on Cicero, but in pseudo-Latin for those who care).
Alphabetized list of alternative generators (with a few notes about each).
- Bacon ipsum (for those who prefer various meats)
- Baseball ipsum (for those who prefer baseball terms)
- Beer ipsum (for those who prefer beer terms)
- Blind text generator (generates text)
- Bluth ipsum (from show Arrested Development)
- Bogan ipsum (this likely means something to someone)
- Comic ipsum (for those who like comics)
- Cupcake ipsum (for those who like cupcakes)
- Fashion ipsum (for those who prefer fashion terms)
- Fillerama (yet another one – think Futurama)
- Fillerati (for book lovers – specify author and novel)
- Filler text (hipster, hillbilly, metropolitan, marketing, pseudo German, pseudo Latin, technobabble, television
- Gag ipsum (another alternative)
- Gangsta ipsum (for those who prefer gangsta terms)
- Greek machine (for alternate ipsum versions)
- Hipster ipsum (for those who prefer hipster terms)
- HTML ipsum (for those who prefer HTML terms)
- Lebowski ipsum (for those who prefer the Big Lebowski movie)
- Liquor ipsum (for those who prefer hard liquor or wine)
- Malevole text generator (yet another)
- Not lorem ipsum (says it all)
- Obama ipsum (yes, there really is one for President Obama)
- Random text (yes, it is random)
- Samuel L. ipsum (for those who want to sound like Samuel L. Jackson)
- Simpsons ipsum (for thoe who prefer the Simpsons TV show)
- Space ipsum (for those who prefer space terms)
- Spanish lorem ipsum (Latin into Spanish – makes me wonder)
- Tuna ipsum (for those who prefer fish)
- United ipsum (for those who prefer political candidate jargon)
- Web 2.0 ipsum (for those who prefer Web 2.0 terms)
- Zombia ipsum (for those who think in terms of a zombie apocalypse)
Yes, that is a list of 32 lorem ipsum generators (typical lorem ipsum plus another 31 variants). Which ones did I overlook?
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