Sering banget kita melihat tulisan Lorem Ipsum di komputer kita. Apa itu 
Lorem Ipsum? Darimana datangnya? dan kenapa "LOREM IPSUM"?

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h++p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum
h++p://www.lipsum.com/

In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum (or simply lipsum) is 
standard placeholder text used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a 
document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. 
Lipsum also serves as placeholder text in mock-ups of visual design 
projects before the actual words are inserted into the finished product. 
When used in this manner, lipsum is also called greeking.

Although using "lorem ipsum" often arouses curiosity due to its 
resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have broader 
meaning. Where text is visible in a document, people tend to focus on 
the textual content rather than upon overall presentation, so publishers 
use lorem ipsum when displaying a typeface or design in order to direct 
the focus to presentation. "Lorem ipsum" is also said to approximate a 
typical distribution of letters in English, which helps to shift the 
focus to presentation.

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the 
readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of 
using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of 
letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it 
look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web 
page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a 
search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their 
infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by 
accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).

The most common lorem ipsum text reads as follows:
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.

History and discovery

The text is derived from Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum (On the 
Ends of Goods and Evils). The original passage began: Neque porro 
quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, 
adipisci velit (Translation: "Neither is there anyone who loves pain 
itself since it is pain and thus wants to obtain it"). It is not known 
exactly when the text acquired its current standard form; it may have 
been as early as the 1500s (albeit with subsequent minor changes) or as 
late as the 1960s. The passage was discovered by Richard McClintock, a 
Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, while trying to 
find citings of the word 'consectetur', in classical literature.

The original version (with highlighted extrapolated terms):
[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 velit, sed quia non numquam 
eius modi tempora incidunt, 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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English Translation

Cicero's original text: "Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum 
quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam 
eius modi tempora incidunt 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?"

H. Rackham's 1914 translation: Nor again is there anyone who loves or 
pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but 
because 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?"

Many variations on the standard lorem ipsum text exist, some with little 
resemblance to the original. Other versions have additional letters — 
such as k, w, and z — that were uncommon or missing in Latin, and 
nonsense words such as zzril, takimata, and gubergren added to the 
original passage to achieve a distribution of letters that more closely 
approximates English.

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