17 Creative Alternatives to Lorem Ipsum
What if we added a fun twist to our dearest dummy text?
It gets boring seeing the same placeholder text in every mockup. And, apparently, Lorem Ipsum has been around since the 1500s. Doesn’t our dearest dummy text deserve a break?
I’ve gathered 17 creative, funny alternatives to Lorem Ipsum and listed them below. As they’re all pretty diverse, I’m sure there is at least one that matches you (or your client). Who says mockups can’t be fun?
1. The 2020 Ipsum
“Coronavirus flatten the curve quaranteam sourdough bread UFO home office drive-in take out order.” — 2020 in one sentence!
2. The Cheesy Ipsum
Cheese lover? Join the club and “Let’s Generate Some Cheese”!
3. The Hipster Ipsum
You can either go “neat” hipster or Latin hipster. Start with “I’m baby” or not. Everything I’ve ever wanted from a placeholder text.
4. The Pirate Ipsum
Ay, ay, Captain! Are you ready to conquer the sea of dummy texts?
5. The British Ipsum
Use the official text generator of the British Empire and add a sassy twist to your projects.
6. The Cupcake Ipsum
Got a sweet tooth? Then this one is made for you!
7. The Office Ipsum
Choose from meeting Ipsum, typical feedback Ipsum, or the old fashioned Ipsum. It’s perfect if you’ve been missing the office life.
8. The Cat Ipsum
What project couldn’t benefit from the purr-effect?
9. The Bacon Ipsum
Caution: avoid this one when presenting projects to non-meat eaters.
10. The Fillerama Ipsum
Fan of Doctor Who, Futurama, Dexter, Arrested Development, or The Simpsons? Star Wars and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are here too. I’m never using another tool again!
11. The Zombie Ipsum
Regular? Lite? Or 50% More Braiiinnnns? If you want to impress, go with the latter one. “De braaaiiiins apocalypsi gorger omero prefrontal cortex undead survivor fornix dictum mauris.” — This is exactly how all dummy texts should look like.
12. The Online Dating Ipsum
Would you like your dummy text “Typical inane jabber” or “With a side of crazy sauce”?
13. The Legal Ipsum
Fancy something a bit more serious? Well, you’re not really in the right place, as this one is “For those times when you need some legal-sounding gibberish but don’t have the budget to hire a lawyer at $400/hr.”.
14. The Bluth Ipsum
Want your project to be perfect? Sprinkle some Arrested Development quotes into it!
15. The Lit Ipsum
This one is for your classic fiction lover side.
16. The Monocle Ipsum
Raise the level of your project’s fanciness. If you want to pull this one off, tophat is required!
17. The Sagan Ipsum
Let Carl Sagan’s quotes make your project transcend the limits of amazingness!
I want to keep the list going — if you know another fun alternative to Lorem Ipsum, let me know in the comments!
