{"id":23430,"date":"2021-01-14T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/?p=23430"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:23:06","slug":"lorem-ipsum-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/lorem-ipsum-design\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lorem Ipsum Kills Your Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Designers and publishers have been using Lorem ipsum for decades to fill in areas where they expect text to go. Even some versions of Microsoft Word let you insert Lorem ipsum text into your documents. The meaningless, fake-Latin seems to function pretty well as a placeholder for future text. Until, that is, you learn how using Lorem ipsum in design kills your work.<\/p>\n

Have you gotten so used to Lorem ipsum that this idea seems ridiculous? Let’s consider the negative effects that it can have on your designs.<\/p>\n

You can’t test some interactive elements with Lorem ipsum<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Someone who creates static designs for print material might think that Lorem ipsum plays a fine role while waiting for the copywriter to produce text. After all, you need to get started on your design work, and you know approximately how much space the writer’s content will fill. Why not use Lorem ipsum?<\/p>\n

(Actually, Lorem ipsum doesn’t work that well for print material, either, but more on that later.)<\/p>\n

The problems with Lorem ipsum become obvious when you start making designs with interactive elements. Nonsense text cannot replace real, interactive data.<\/p>\n

When you build a prototype, you need stakeholders to see how the product will function. Imagine sending someone a link to a prototype that includes interactive rows and columns. Clicking on a filter should sort the data according to the user’s needs. With Lorem ipsum, the user doesn’t know whether your filters work because they can only rearrange nonsense.<\/p>\n

It’s nearly impossible to determine whether a filter that should arrange names alphabetically works correctly; you only have Lorem ipsum. When you replace Lorem ipsum with real data<\/a> though, it becomes clear whether the filter works. Tools like Adalo<\/a> enable designers to build database-driven apps with real data integration, making it much easier to test interactive features during the prototype phase.<\/p>\n

Designers can forget to replace Lorem ipsum<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You always think that you will replace Lorem ipsum as soon as you have the text that will get published in your design. There’s no way you could forget to add the content that a copywriter has worked hard to create, right?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Lorem ipsum gets left in designs<\/a> much more often than acceptable. It has happened to Chipotle, the Singapore Times, the Strait Times, Savour Bakery, and countless other companies. In fact, the Strait Times put policies in place to prevent Lorem ipsum from getting included in its print publication. A year after establishing the policies, Lorem ipsum appeared in the newspaper again.<\/p>\n

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When the writer is on holiday, but the artwork has to go to print #graphicdesign<\/a> #humour<\/a> #loremipsum<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/3bLBYLEJma<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rEetSp3Aof<\/a><\/p>\n

— Graphic Design Forum (@GraphicDesignF) May 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n