On 8 Aug 98, Barry Lee Brisco wrote:
> >tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo
> >consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure
>
> However, I don't read Latin. And the Altavista translator can't handle
> it! :>)
Mm. The "lorem ipsum" greeking text is indeed Latin, though somewhat
mangled in places. It's based, by the way, on a passage by Cicero.
("Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet...")
It has been used as dummy text by printers since at least since the 16th
century, when some anonymous soul first had the bright idea of creating a
specimen book to showcase various type styles and whatnot. The point
of using the somewhat pseudo-Latin was to avoid distracting viewers with
content, emphasizing instead the look of the typography.
I believe it was Aldus Pagemaker that first introduced "lorem ipsum" to the
digital world -- in any case, I recall using Pagemaker back in about 1987 or
so, and seeing that passage used for greeking purposes.
- Brent "high school Latin scholar of minimal achievment" Eades
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