That's awesome!

Bookmarked!

This is really, really neat Ben! Thanks for sharing :) Clever idea. Is this a project of yours?

@12vanblart , thanks for sharing. The funny thing is, I've used that page before and have never taken the time to read the little blurb about the history of lorem ipsum. Thanks for reminding me to slow down and learn about its purpose.

Not really a push back from a client, it was more of a question that I had. I really do like your take on asking them for sample copy to use on the page. I was just curious if there was some standard for helping the client see something that is more in line with their branding. But I guess lorem is a good starter to block in layout and placement.

Oh wow, this is great. Thanks for sharing Ben!

This. For the client side only, or node.js amongst the crowd you can use this version.

curl http://faker.hook.io?property=name.findName&locale=de

<script src = "faker.js" type = "text/javascript"></script&gt
<script&gt
  var randomName = faker.name.findName(); // Caitlyn Kerluke
  var randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // Rusty@arne.info
  var randomCard = faker.helpers.createCard(); // random contact card containing many properties
</script&gt

var faker = require('faker');

var randomName = faker.name.findName(); // Rowan Nikolaus
var randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // Kassandra.Haley@erich.biz
var randomCard = faker.helpers.createCard(); // random contact card containing many properties

console.log(faker.fake("{{name.lastName}}, {{name.firstName}} {{name.suffix}}"));
// outputs: "Marks, Dean Sr."

Hey, I'm the creator of Honest Ipsum, I came across this post from a google search and just wanted to update the URL in case someone else was looking. So happy to hear people are actually using this tool!

honest-ipsum.jcl-software.com/

Oh wow this is awesome! I love how it educates your client for you. Thanks for sharing this John!

I really like this solution Philip. It let's you block in the copy block like in a wireframe. I'm curious what this would look like in a hi-fi prototype. Do you have any experience with using it in a prototype?

One of the reasons to use lorum ipsum in design documents, is because you don't want the client to focus on specific words if the words themselves aren't part of the design. If you use meaningful copy in a design document, you run the risk of someone focusing on the words/phrasing rather than the design. Using latin is nice because it looks similar to english without being readable (to most people).

Of course, if someone was distracted by the use of lorum ipsum, that would also be bad.

That's clever, thanks for the idea rhymes.

I've used Bacon before in the past. Haha. It's great, but not really what I need for this use case at the moment. But thanks for reminding me again of this great Ipsum Casey!