Lorem Ipsum Generator
Generate placeholder text for your designs, mockups, and prototypes.
Free Lorem Ipsum Placeholder Text Generator
The Toolts Lorem Ipsum Generator creates placeholder text for designers, developers, and content creators who need realistic-looking text to fill layouts before final copy is ready. Generate text by paragraphs, sentences, or word count, with options to include HTML paragraph tags for direct use in code.
What Is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem ipsum is a scrambled form of a Latin text by Cicero written in 45 BC, "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (On the Ends of Good and Evil). The standard lorem ipsum passage has been used as typographic filler text since the 1500s, when an unknown printer scrambled a section of the text to create a type specimen book. It survived five centuries of typesetting and made the leap to digital publishing largely unchanged.
Why Use Placeholder Text?
Designers use lorem ipsum because it has a roughly normal distribution of letters and word lengths, making it look like readable English at a glance. This is important because real text in a design review causes stakeholders to read and critique the words instead of evaluating the layout. Placeholder text keeps the focus on visual hierarchy, spacing, font choices, and overall composition.
When to Use (and Not Use) Lorem Ipsum
Lorem ipsum works well for wireframes, mockups, design presentations, and any early-stage layout work where the final content is not yet available. It should be replaced with real content as soon as possible in the design process, especially for usability testing, accessibility reviews, and client-facing deliverables. Real content often behaves differently than placeholder text in terms of length, line breaks, and visual weight.
Alternatives to Lorem Ipsum
Some designers prefer placeholder text that is clearly not real language to avoid any confusion. Others use topic-relevant placeholder text (medical terms for a health app, legal language for a law firm site) to give a more accurate sense of how the final design will look and feel. This tool generates the classic lorem ipsum, which remains the most widely recognized standard in the industry.