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looks like lorem Latin because in its youth generation
read more >: looks like lorem Latin because in its youth generationUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…
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Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor
read more >: Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolorUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…
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Magazine answered a curious reader’s word
read more >: Magazine answered a curious reader’s wordUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…
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Loeb Classical Library Edition ran out of room
read more >: Loeb Classical Library Edition ran out of roomSo how did the classical Latin become so incoherent? According to McClintock, a 15th century typesetter likely scrambled part of Cicero’s De Finibus in order to provide placeholder text to mockup various fonts for a type specimen…
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Although McClintock says he remembers coming across
read more >: Although McClintock says he remembers coming acrossSo how did the classical Latin become so incoherent? According to McClintock, a 15th century typesetter likely scrambled part of Cicero’s De Finibus in order to provide placeholder text to mockup various fonts for a type specimen…
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Web design has helped proliferate lorem
read more >: Web design has helped proliferate loremThe decade that brought us Star Trek and Doctor Who also resurrected Cicero—or at least what used to be Cicero—in an attempt to make the days before computerized design a little less painstaking. The French lettering company Letraset manufactured a set…
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The same WordPress template might eventually
read more >: The same WordPress template might eventuallySo when is it okay to use lorem ipsum? First, lorem ipsum works well for staging. It’s like the props in a furniture store—filler text makes it look like someone is home. The same WordPress template might eventually…
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Consulting a Latin dictionary led McClintock to a passage
read more >: Consulting a Latin dictionary led McClintock to a passageUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…
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Cicero’s work, with the most notable passage
read more >: Cicero’s work, with the most notable passageUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…
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Latin scholar from Hampden-Sydney College
read more >: Latin scholar from Hampden-Sydney CollegeUntil recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the…