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Where does it come from?
Contrary to popular thought, Lorem Ipsum’s 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 Hampden-Sydney University in Virginia, found one of the most obscure words in the Latin language, “consecteur,” in a passage in Lorem Ipsum, and as he continued to read different Latin texts, he discovered the undoubted 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 the Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32
The standard piece of Lorem Ipsum text used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested.
Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions of the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Where can I get it?
There are many variations of Lorem Ipsum passages available, but most underwent alterations in some way, either because humor was added, or random words that don’t seem the least bit believable.
If you’re going to use a Lorem Ipsum passage, you need to be sure that there’s nothing embarrassing hidden in the middle of the text.
All Lorem Ipsum generators found on the Internet tend to repeat predefined chunks when necessary, making this the only true (valid) generator on the Internet.
Use a dictionary of over 200 words from Latin, combined with very useful sentence structures, to generate Lorem Ipsum text that seems reasonable.
This generated Lorem Ipsum will always be free of repetitions, added humor or words not characteristic of the language, etc.
