FILLER TEXT

'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.

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ASDF

ETAOIN SHRDLU

Lorem ipsum

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

CHARGEN

Numbers station

See also

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ASDF

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.

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.

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.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A coherent, short phrase that uses every letter of the alphabet.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

In the film ''The Shining'', the main character is a writer who types endless repetitions of the single sentence "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." His wife looks through the stack of papers neatly placed to the side of his typewriter with increasing horror; the "book" Jack was working on consists of only the repetitions and permutations of layout of that same sentence.

CHARGEN

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

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★ +,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghi

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Numbers station

Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast people reading streams of numbers, words, or letters (sometimes using a phonetic alphabet).

See also

★ Sample Text in Microsoft Word

External links

★ Filler text generator for many languages