Latin text
Ancient Roman writing
Latin text refers to placeholder or dummy copy used in design, publishing, and web development—text that fills space to show how a layout will look before final content is ready.
The term comes from "Lorem ipsum," a scrambled passage from Cicero that designers have used since the 1500s.
The designer dropped in some Latin text while waiting for the client's copy.
- Lorem ipsumStandard placeholder text
- letterWritten symbol or message
- pageNoble's young assistant
- scribeManual document copier
- illuminated manuscriptHand-decorated medieval book
carpe diem · in vino veritas · parchment · vellum · critical apparatus · ink · paleography · rubric · Roman numerals · codex · colophon · declensions · incunabula · scriptorium · ecclesiastical · church fathers · classical · cursive
- Polyglot Bibles
- Magna CartaKing John, Runnymede, charter, royal seal, barons
- medieval documentscharter, royal charter, town charter, indenture, patent
- Vulgate studiesJerome, critical edition, critical apparatus, variants, recension
- Ancient JudeaSecond Temple, Judea, Jerusalem, Masada, Herod the Great
- Bible editionsKing James Version, Bible, KJV, NIV, Gutenberg Bible