{"id":338,"date":"2024-12-30T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theme.loistheme.com\/WP\/CMS\/LT003\/?p=338"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:15:46","slug":"farm-fresh-farm-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theme.loistheme.com\/WP\/CMS\/LT003\/2024\/12\/30\/farm-fresh-farm-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm fresh, farm strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The decade that brought us\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0also resurrected Cicero\u2014or at least what used to be Cicero\u2014in an attempt to make the days before computerized design a little less painstaking.The French lettering company\u00a0\u00a0manufactured a set of dry-transfer sheets which included the\u00a0lorem ipsum<\/em>\u00a0filler text in a variety of fonts, sizes, and layouts. These sheets of lettering could be rubbed on anywhere and were quickly adopted by graphic artists, printers, architects, and advertisers for their professional look and ease of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aldus Corporation, which later merged with Adobe Systems, ushered\u00a0lorem ipsum<\/em>\u00a0into the information age with its desktop publishing software\u00a0. The program came bundled with\u00a0lorem ipsum<\/em>\u00a0dummy text for laying out page content, and other word processors like Microsoft Word followed suit. More recently the growth of web design has helped proliferate lorem ipsum across the internet as a placeholder for future text\u2014and in some cases\u00a0\u00a0(this is why we proofread, kids).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Among design professionals, there’s a bit of controversy surrounding the filler text. Controversy, as in\u00a0D<\/a>.The strength of\u00a0lorem ipsum<\/em>\u00a0is its weakness: it doesn’t communicate. To some, designing a website around placeholder text is unacceptable, akin to sewing a custom suit without taking measurements.\u00a0\u00a0notes:\u201cI\u2019ve heard the argument that \u2018lorem ipsum\u2019 is effective in wireframing or design because it helps people focus on the actual layout,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lorem ipsum<\/em>\u00a0is so ubiquitous because it is so versatile. Select how many paragraphs you want, copy, paste, and break the lines wherever it is convenient. Real copy doesn’t work that way.As front-end developer\u00a0:Or color scheme, or whatever. What kills me here is that we\u2019re talking about creating a user experience that will (whether we like it or not) be DRIVEN by words. The entire structure of the page or app flow is FOR THE WORDS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you are designing with Lorem Ipsum, you diminish the importance of the copy by lowering it to the same level as any other visual element. The text simply becomes another supporting role, serving to make other aspects more aesthetic. Instead of your design enhancing the meaning of the content, your content is enhancing your design.\u201dBut despite zealous cries for the demise of\u00a0lorem ipsum<\/em>, others, such as\u00a0, offer appeals for moderation:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLorem Ipsum doesn\u2019t exist because people think the content is meaningless window dressing, only there to be decorated by designers who can\u2019t be bothered to read. Lorem Ipsum exists because words are powerful. If you fill up your page with draft copy about your client\u2019s business, they will read it. They will comment on it. They will be inexorably drawn to it. Presented the wrong way, draft copy can send your design review off the rails.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s why a 15th century typesetter might have scrambled a passage of Cicero; he wanted people to focus on his fonts, to imagine their own content on the pages. He wanted people to see, and to get them to see he had to keep them from reading.So when is it okay to use lorem ipsum<\/em>? First, lorem ipsum<\/em> works well for staging. It’s like the props in a furniture store\u2014filler text makes it look like someone is home. The same WordPress template might eventually be home to a fitness blog, a photography website, or the online journal of a cupcake fanatic. Lorem ipsum<\/em> helps them imagine what the lived-in website might look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, use lorem ipsum<\/em> if you think the placeholder text will be too distracting. For specific projects, collaboration between copywriters and designers may be best, however, like Karen McGrane said, draft copy has a way of turning any meeting about layout decisions into a discussion about word choice. So don’t be afraid to use lorem ipsum<\/em> to keep everyone focused.One word of caution: make sure your client knows that lorem ipsum<\/em> is filler text. You don’t want them wondering why you filled their website with a foreign language, and you certainly don’t want anyone prematurely publishing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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