The document discusses the history and purpose of Lorem Ipsum, which has been used as placeholder text by printers and publishers to demonstrate font pairings and layouts since the 16th century. It originated as scrambled Latin text from Cicero's philosophical work "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" in 45 BC, and has been in widespread use in electronic publishing since the 1960s. Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text but actual Latin literature over 2000 years old.