Lorem Ipsum Generator
Placeholder text by the paragraph, sentence or word, copy-ready, starting with the classic line if you want it.
A seed pins the randomness: the same seed with the same settings always produces identical text, so a mockup can be rebuilt without its filler shifting. Leave it empty for fresh text every time.
Free forever, no sign-up and no limits, and this tool installs on its own so you can keep it on your home screen.
Placeholder text by the paragraph, sentence or word, as plain text, ready-to-paste HTML with headings and lists, or Markdown. A seed field makes the output repeatable: the same seed always produces identical text, so a mockup can be rebuilt without its filler shifting. Classic 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet' opening optional, one tap from your clipboard.
How to use it
- Choose amount and shapeParagraphs for layouts, sentences for cards, words for labels. Plain text, HTML with p, h2 and ul tags mixed in, or Markdown.
- Classic, fresh or seededKeep the traditional opening line or untick it. Type anything in the seed field and that exact text will come back every time.
- CopyRegenerate reshuffles (unless a seed pins it); Copy takes the current text with breaks and markup intact.
Five hundred years of dummy text
Lorem ipsum predates the computer by centuries: typesetters used the scrambled Cicero passage to show type specimens where the letterforms, not the words, were the product. Digital design inherited it for the same reason, a layout under review should be judged as a layout, and the fastest way to stop people reading the content is for the content to be elegant nonsense in Latin. It signals "unfinished" unambiguously, which real-looking text never does.
Filler as a testing tool
Placeholder text earns its keep when it stresses the design. Generate the long version of everything: the two-line name in the space sized for one, the paragraph that overflows the card. Text that arrives later is always longer than the text the mock-up was built with, translations run 20–30% longer than English, and someone's product name will be *Extraordinarily* long. Filling generously today is cheaper than a layout bug filed after launch, and a generator that produces any amount on demand makes generous filling free.
Shape matters as much as length. A real page is not one unbroken column of prose, it has headings, lists, short and long paragraphs, and a layout only proves itself against that structure. The HTML and Markdown shapes generate it directly, so the filler you paste in exercises the same elements the real content will.
Questions people ask
What does lorem ipsum actually mean?
Nothing readable, and that is its entire job. It is scrambled fragments of Cicero's De Finibus (45 BC), garbled precisely enough that nobody stops to read it. Meaningful placeholder text pulls attention to its content; lorem ipsum lets people judge the layout instead.
Why not just use real text as filler?
Because stakeholders read it. Put a news paragraph in a mock-up and the review meeting discusses the news. Lorem ipsum looks like language (realistic word lengths, sentence rhythm, punctuation) while saying nothing to react to, which is why it has survived since the age of metal type.
How much text does a mock-up need?
Working figures: a headline is 5–10 words, a card description 15–25, an intro paragraph 40–60, an article 4–8 paragraphs. Generating slightly more than you think reveals overflow problems early, the layout that only worked with short text is a classic launch-day surprise.
Is this the exact traditional passage?
The opening line is the canonical one. Beyond it, sentences are generated fresh from the traditional vocabulary, so lengths vary naturally and repeated generations differ, closer to how real copy behaves than a fixed passage repeated verbatim.
Any risk of shipping it by accident?
Famously, yes, lorem ipsum has reached production on banks and governments. The defence is a pre-launch search for 'lorem' and 'ipsum' across the site; two words, thirty seconds, endless embarrassment saved.
What does the seed do?
It makes the randomness repeatable. Type any word or number in the seed field and the generated text is fixed: the same seed with the same settings produces identical output today, tomorrow, or on a colleague's machine. That is useful for repeatable mockups, screenshots that must stay consistent across a design review, and tests that compare against a known layout. Leave the seed empty and every generation is fresh.
What do the HTML and Markdown shapes produce?
Structured filler rather than a wall of prose. HTML mixes p paragraphs with an h2 heading every few blocks and one ul list, ready to paste into a template to see how real article structure behaves. Markdown does the same with ## headings and dashed list items for readme files and CMS drafts. Plain text stays what it always was: paragraphs separated by blank lines.
Can I get filler text in another language?
Not here, deliberately. Latin reads as texture rather than words, so reviewers judge the layout instead of reading it.