Dummy Text Generator
Generate placeholder text for designs and layout tests: classic Lorem ipsum, English-like sentences, natural-looking Japanese (ダミーテキスト), or repeating fill patterns such as 「あ」 and １２３４５６７８９０. Choose paragraphs, sentences, words or an exact number of characters, copy it as plain text, HTML or Markdown, and use a seed to get the same text again.
What is the Dummy Text Generator?
Dummy text (placeholder text, filler text) fills a design or a page before the real copy is ready, so you can judge fonts, line length and layout. This tool makes it in English and in Japanese. The classic choice is Lorem ipsum, scrambled Latin that has been used by typesetters for centuries; it is in the public domain. For Japanese layouts it writes sentences that look like ordinary Japanese, mixing kanji and kana with 、 and 。, built from its own word lists.
How to use
- Pick a Style.
- Pick a Unit (paragraphs, sentences, words or characters) and enter the Count.
- Pick the output Format: plain text, HTML
<p>tags or Markdown. - Click Copy, or use the buttons on the text box to copy, download or view it full screen.
- Click Regenerate for different text. The text is regenerated with a new seed.
Styles
| Style | Example |
|---|---|
| Lorem ipsum | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit… |
| English-like | The quiet river carries the small letter across the bridge. |
| Japanese | 昨日、友人は小さな喫茶店で古い地図を広げました。 |
| Fill: あ | あああああああああああああああああああ。 |
| Fill: テキスト | テキストテキストテキスト… |
| Fill: full-width digits | １２３４５６７８９０１２３４５６７８９０… |
| Fill: half-width digits | 12345678901234567890… |
The fill patterns are handy for checking where a line breaks or how many characters fit in a box: with the digit counter you can read the position of each character directly.
Units
- Paragraphs: 1 to 100 paragraphs of 3 to 6 sentences each.
- Sentences: 1 to 1,000 sentences in one paragraph.
- Words: 1 to 10,000 words. In Japanese, a word is a phrase such as 「駅前の広場で」; in the fill patterns, it is one repetition of the pattern.
- Characters: exactly 1 to 100,000 characters, counted as visible characters (graphemes), so a full-width character counts as one. If the text would end with a space or a comma, it ends with a period instead, without changing the count.
Seed
The text is made by a pseudo-random generator started from the Seed. The same settings and seed always give the same text, so you can share the settings or come back later and get identical text. Only the settings and the seed are saved, not the text itself.
FAQ
Is the Japanese text copied from a book or website?
No. Sentences are put together at random from short word lists written for this tool, so the text is original and free to use. The meaning is not always sensible, which is intended for dummy text.
Can I use Lorem ipsum commercially?
Yes. Lorem ipsum is derived from a Latin text by Cicero written over 2,000 years ago and is in the public domain.
Does the HTML output include the character count of the tags?
No. The count applies to the text. The HTML format wraps each paragraph in <p> and </p>, which are added on top of it.
Is the text sent anywhere?
No. It is generated in your browser.