https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1025816 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/lorem-ipsum#comment-1156221 <p>It dates back to the print industry. It looks more acurately like a proper paragraph of text than copying and pasting the same sentance over and over again. There are modern varients available now as plug ins for dreamweaver called:</p> <p>Celestial Technical Babble and Corporate Mumbo Jumbo.</p> <p>They really need an online version though...</p> Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:08:49 +0000 andy206uk comment 1156221 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/lorem-ipsum#comment-1156194 <p>Its just like you said, a placeholder.<br /> It was used as a placeholder before, its a form of old latin.<br /> By using most of the english letters, its able to mimic paragraphs and help bring structure to a site. You can find more info on it here: <a href="http://www.lipsum.com/" class="bb-url">http://www.lipsum.com/</a></p> Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:26:34 +0000 Sultan comment 1156194 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net