lorem ipsumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Pseudo-Latinism, a clipping of dolōrem ipsum (“pain itself”) from Cicero's 45 B.C.E. De Fīnibus Bonōrum et Malōrum adopted by the mid-1960s to assist with artistic text layout.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌlɔː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/, /ˌlɒ.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌlɔː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/, /ˌlɑː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
• ハイフネーション: lo‧rem ip‧sum

名詞

lorem ipsum (countable and uncountable, plural lorem ipsums)

1. A dummy text used as a placeholder in printing and website design to simplify the layout process, especially the usual pseudo-Latin text beginning Lorem ipsum...

   Hypernym: Greek

   • 1999, Digit, London: IDG Communications, →OCLC, page 29:

     It was Aldus PageMaker's adoption of Lorem Ipsum that allowed the practice to enter the electronic age […]

   • 2002, Tom Green, Chris S. Flick, Jordan L. Chilcott, Building Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX, Boston, Mass.: New Riders, →ISBN, page 171:

     The origin of Lorem Ipsum actually goes back to the early 1500s when typographers would create specimen books of their fonts.

   • 2007, Steven Sande, Take Control of iWeb: iLife '06 Edition, Berkeley, Calif.: Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 73:

     Triple-click the lorem ipsum of the text placeholder and begin typing your masterpiece.

   • 2022 May 10, Alex Shephard, "With Roe, the GOP Is the Dog that Caught the Car", The New Republic:

     One ad... includes sample language: “‘Sarah Republican,’ making an ad against ‘John Democrat,’ should say, ‘Here’s my view—I am pro-life, but, in reality, forget about the political labels, all of us are in favor of life.’” That’s as close as political messaging comes to “lorem ipsum” filler text.

   • 2023, Bennett Sims, Other Minds and Other Stories, Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, →ISBN, page 143:

     the only words passing through his mind were Reject, Failure, it was as if these were the only words actually printed there, over and over, as though someone had replaced the text of the Phenomenology with this lorem ipsum of loathing.

派生語

• lipsum

参考

• etaoin shrdlu
• greek, greeking (noun)
• placeholder
• rhubarb rhubarb

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