Lorem Ipsum Generator

The words come from the traditional lorem ipsum text, a scrambled passage of Latin that typesetters have used as filler for decades. The tool builds sentences of 8 to 17 words from that vocabulary, sometimes with a comma in the middle, and paragraphs of 4 to 7 sentences. The varied lengths give the text the uneven rhythm of real writing, which is what makes a layout look right.

With the classic opening on, the first sentence is always the familiar one:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

The order of the words comes from a seeded random sequence. The seed is the variation number, so variation 3 gives the same text on every device. That is why a share link reproduces exactly what you saw. Twelve words of variation 3 without the opening read: Veritatis amet proident sed dicta qui officia aliqua aliquip perspiciatis veniam do.

In Character limit mode the tool keeps adding whole sentences until it passes your limit, then cuts back to the last whole word and closes with a period. The result never runs over, and spaces count as characters, as they do on every platform below.

Three paragraphs for a landing page

Jade is laying out a landing page with a short intro under each heading. Three paragraphs with the classic opening come to 187 words, 1,289 characters in 16 sentences. In a column about 65 characters wide that fills roughly 21 lines.

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A text message on a phone mock-up

Omar needs a message bubble that looks full but real. A single text message holds 160 characters, so he picks Character limit and 160. The tool returns 158 characters, ending on a whole word: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lorem id modi eius ea accusantium."

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Two sentences for a product card, as HTML

A developer filling a card component wants filler that does not start with the famous phrase, so every card looks different. Two sentences without the opening, variation 1, come to 180 characters in p tags. That is 100 characters short of an X post but 80 over a YouTube title.

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The big number is the word count, with the paragraphs, sentences and characters under it. The box below holds the text. Copy all takes it in one click, and New text moves to the next variation. Your settings stay on this device, so the tool opens the way you left it.

Reading time uses 238 words a minute, the average silent reading speed for English found in a 2019 review of 190 studies by Marc Brysbaert. 50 words take about 13 seconds. Lines assume about 65 characters a line, in the 45 to 75 range typographers suggest for body text.

The Will it fit card checks the text against limits from each platform's own help pages:

Some characters count differently. A text message with an emoji, or any character outside the basic GSM alphabet, switches to a 70-character encoding, and X counts every link as 23 characters. Lorem ipsum uses plain letters only, so the counts here match what those platforms see.

• Leaving filler in a live page. Placeholder text gets published more often than anyone admits. Search your pages for the word lorem before launch.
• Designing only for the ideal length. Real headlines and product names run long. Test each card with a short and a long text, and use Character limit to make the longest version the field allows.
• Using the same paragraph everywhere. Identical blocks hide problems with uneven lengths. Change the variation for each block, or turn off the classic opening, so every block differs.
• Judging the design by the words. Lorem ipsum has no meaning, which is the point. When you test readability or tone, switch to real copy, even a rough draft.
• Forgetting that languages differ in length. Text translated from English into German or French often runs longer. Leave room when a layout will be translated.