Lorem Ipsum, often used in design and publishing, is a placeholder text derived from sections of Cicero's work, "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil). It has been the industry's standard dummy text since the 1500s. But why use Lorem Ipsum? It's not just random text. Its roots in a piece of classical Latin literature give it a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, making it look like readable English. This characteristic helps designers focus on visual elements rather than getting distracted by the content. Interestingly, Lorem Ipsum has survived not only five centuries but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularized in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker. Here's a fun fact: The passage "Lorem Ipsum" comes from a section in "De Finibus Bonorum et Malo...