Placeholder Text Generator
Generate Lorem Ipsum or Chinese placeholder text by paragraph, sentence or word, with adjustable counts, reshuffling and a live word count.
How to Use
- Pick language and unit
Latin for English typography, Chinese for CJK layout. Paragraphs suit body copy, sentences suit summaries, words suit buttons and tags.
- Set amount and opening
Enter an amount from 1 to 50. Keep 'Start with Lorem ipsum' for the canonical opening, or uncheck it to draw straight from the pool.
- Shuffle and copy
Click 'Shuffle' for fresh content if the sample is not representative; then 'Copy text' to take the whole block, with the count below for verification.
FAQ
Why does the text stay the same until I shuffle?
So the same settings always produce the same output, making repeated layout comparisons meaningful. The fixed seed is deliberate, not a caching bug.
Why not use random characters for Chinese?
Gibberish hides real typography problems. These are ordinary Chinese sentences, so glyph widths, punctuation and line breaking behave like production copy and genuinely expose justification issues.
When is word mode useful?
For testing overflow and truncation in buttons, tags and table cells. Long sentences hide those problems; short words surface them immediately.
Can I control the exact character count?
Paragraph and sentence modes control paragraphs or sentences, with sentence length varying inside a range, so the total floats. Use word mode when you need an exact count.