Friday, February 22, 2008

What's with the Latin?

Some of you have noticed that all of the web design prototypes we've been unveiling contain Latin. The use of Latin as placeholder text is intended to allow you to focus on the layout of the web page, not the readable content.

Turns out this is an ancient practice with roots in the printing and typesetting industry. Read more at http://lipsum.com/.

posted by Susan Evans

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