what is Lorem ipsum?

標籤：

先看一段話

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

看到這段話眼熟吧，不眼熟說明你控制項掌握的不好。

Lorem ipsum是指一篇常用於排版設計領域的拉丁文文章，主要的目的為測試文章或文字在不同字型、版型下看起來的效果。中文的類似用法則稱為亂數假文。

Lorem ipsum從15世紀開始就被廣泛地使用在西方的印刷、設計領域中，在電腦排版盛行之後，這段被傳統印刷產業使用幾百年的無意義文字又再度流行。由於這段文字以“Lorem ipsum”起頭，並且常被用於標題的測試中，所以一般稱為Lorem ipsum，簡稱為Lipsum。

原先大家以為這段拉丁文只是沒有意義的組合，目的是讓閱讀者不要被文章內容所影響，而只專註於觀察字型或版型，並藉此填滿空間。但根據美國拉丁學者Richard McClintock的研究，Lorem ipsum原來起源於西賽羅《善惡之盡》（De finibus bonorum et malorum）第一章（Liber Primus）的32、33兩節：

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[32] Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci[ng] velit, sed quia non numquam [do] eius modi tempora inci[di]dunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur?
[33] At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus, qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti, quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint, obcaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio, cumque nihil impedit, quo minus id, quod maxime placeat, facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet, ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat...

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（粗體字中譯：尋之欲之，乃因其苦，但事實中有痛苦可以帶來巨大的…以一小例子為例，有沒有人…劇烈運動，可以為他帶來好處？…）

為了減少Lorem ipsum的可讀性，並且讓字母頻率與現代英語接近，所以有些版本中部分字母被K、W、Z等拉丁文中沒有的字母替換，或是加入zzril、takimata等字。除了原始的Lorem ipsum版本外，網上還有不同長度和不同語言的版本可供使用。

說白了就是Hello world.

其他各領域的Hello world:

• 電腦程式設計語言：Hello World！
• 電腦圖形學：猶他茶壺（Utah teapot），Cornell Box, Stanford Dragon, Stanford Bunny
• 英文字型展示：The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
• 網 站編輯和排版設計：Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
• 圓珠筆測試：88888888888888888888
• 字型測試：我能吞下玻璃而不傷身體，The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

附上英文版翻譯:

But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing of a pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth,
 the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful.
 Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, 
which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, 
or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure? On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, 
so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, 
which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, 
when our power of choice is untrammeled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. 
But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. 
The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.

參考文檔：
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Ancient-Languages-2210/2009/6/quotes-meaning-LATIN.htm
　　　　　　

what is Lorem ipsum?