Filler text

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Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. The process of using filler text is sometimes called Greeking, although the text itself may be nonsense, or largely Latin, as in Lorem ipsum.

Contents 1 ASDF 2 ETAOIN SHRDLU 3 Lorem ipsum 4 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 5 Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood 6 CHARGEN 7 See also 8 External links 9 References

[edit] ASDF

Main article: ASDF (sequence of letters)

ASDF is the sequence of letters that appear on the first four keys on the home row of a QWERTY or QWERTZ keyboard. They are often used as a sample or test case or as random, meaningless nonsense. It is also a common learning tool for keyboard classes, since all four keys are located on Home row.

[edit] ETAOIN SHRDLU

Main article: ETAOIN SHRDLU

ETAOIN SHRDLU is the approximate order of frequency of the twelve most commonly used letters in the English language, best known as a nonsense phrase that sometimes appeared in print in the days of "hot type" publishing due to a custom of Linotype machine operators.

[edit] Lorem ipsum

Main article: Lorem ipsum

"Lorem ipsum..." is one of the most common filler texts, popular with typesetters and graphic designers. Li Europan lingues is another similar example.

[edit] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Main article: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A coherent, short phrase that uses every letter of the alphabet. See Pangram for more examples.

[edit] Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood

In the print version of the popular United States-based satirical newspaper The Onion, the sentence "Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood" is often repeated to fill space under a bold-text non sequitur made to appear as if the bolded "quote" has been pulled from an article nearby. This running gag has been part of The Onion for several years.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

[edit] CHARGEN

Main article: CHARGEN

The CHARGEN (character generator) service is an internet protocol.

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"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghi
#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghij
$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijk

[edit] See also

• Sample Text in Microsoft Word

[edit] External links

• Filler text generator for many languages

[edit] References