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  • Latin because in its youth, centuries ago,

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    Until recently, the prevailing view assumedย lorem ipsumย was born as a nonsense text. โ€œIt’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,โ€ย Before & Afterย magazineย answered a curious reader, โ€œIts โ€˜wordsโ€™ loosely approximate the frequency with which letters occur in English, which is why at a glance it looks pretty real.โ€ As Cicero would…

  • Discovering the source behind the ubiquitous filler text

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    Until recently, the prevailing view assumedย lorem ipsumย was born as a nonsense text. โ€œIt’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,โ€ย Before & Afterย magazineย answered a curious reader, โ€œIts โ€˜wordsโ€™ loosely approximate the frequency with which letters occur in English, which is why at a glance it looks pretty real.โ€ As Cicero would…

  • Consulting a Latin dictionary led McClintock to a passage

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    Until recently, the prevailing view assumedย lorem ipsumย was born as a nonsense text. โ€œIt’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,โ€ย Before & Afterย magazineย answered a curious reader, โ€œIts โ€˜wordsโ€™ loosely approximate the frequency with which letters occur in English, which is why at a glance it looks pretty real.โ€ As Cicero would…

  • Latin scholar from Hampden-Sydney College

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    Until recently, the prevailing view assumedย lorem ipsumย was born as a nonsense text. โ€œIt’s not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,โ€ย Before & Afterย magazineย answered a curious reader, โ€œIts โ€˜wordsโ€™ loosely approximate the frequency with which letters occur in English, which is why at a glance it looks pretty real.โ€ As Cicero would…