Lorem Ipsum Silk Necktie. The excerpt from Cicero's original passage began: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit (Translation: "Neither is there anyone who loves grief itself since it is grief and thus wants to obtain it"). It's pretty dark for graphic designer's dummy text!

In publishing and graphic design, "Lorem ipsum" is common placeholder text used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document without adding implied meaning of words the reader could understand. Original illustration.