Description
Meaning:
The phrase is Latin, but it doesn’t have a direct, meaningful translation. It’s designed to look like Latin, but it’s not meant to be read or understood.
Origin:
The text is derived from a passage in Cicero’s “De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (On the Ends of Goods and Evils), a treatise on ethics, from 45 BCE.
How it’s used:
Placeholder Text: It’s used as a placeholder in web design, graphic design, and publishing to fill space and show how the layout will look with text.
Greeking: This practice of using placeholder text is sometimes called “greeking”.
Type Specimen: It helps designers and typographers see how fonts and layouts will look with different text.
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