单词 | lorem ipsum |
释义 | lorem ipsumn. Printing and Typography. A standard form of sample text, beginning ‘lorem ipsum’, used by compositors and graphic designers to establish or demonstrate the textual layout of a print or electronic document before the content has been finalized. Hence: any form of boilerplate sample text used in this way.The standard text is based on jumbled elements taken from Book 1, §32–3 of Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. Instances of its inadvertent appearance in publications begin in the late 1960s, suggesting that it began to be widely used in publishing around this time. Its popularity is often attributed to its use in samples of body type issued as Letraset dry transfers (cf. Letraset n.). ΚΠ 1995 Macworld Sept. 136 A little tired of using Lorem ipsum for mock-ups? Then try Quark's Jabberwocky 1.0 XTension, which generates nonsense text to fit the available space. 2004 S. Grosvenor Flash Anthology (2005) vii. 325 I've also added ‘lorem ipsum’ dummy text to fill the content areas. 2012 A. Geisinger in D. Bosler Mastering Type v. 138 I never worked with lorem ipsum or placeholder images—design always began and was based on the actual copy and art. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1995 |
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