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No, I did not go mad, though it was close. However, if you've ever seen that text in an ad, or a newspaper and wondered what on Earth is going on, check out loremipsum.net. This phrase has 2000 years of history, and over 400 years of tradition with the typesetting industry.

Tradition is cool. I wonder how much of the things that we see in everyday life have roots dating back hundreds or thousands of years?




Comments

Thanks for the article. Do you have options that are alternatives to Lorem Ipsum?

--Wayne Cannes, 30-Mar-2011


> alternatives to Lorem Ipsum?

http://generator.lorem-ipsum.info offers dummy copy in other languages and charsets, too.

--theo, 27-Nov-2011


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