2. Filler text (also placeholder text or dummy 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.
3. haracter Generator Protocol[edit]
Main article: Character Generator Protocol
The Character Generator Protocol (CHARGEN) service is an Internet protocol intended for testing, debugging, and measurement purposes.
The user receives a stream of bytes. Although the specific format of the output is not prescribed by RFC 864, the recommended pattern (and a de facto standard) is shifted lines of 72 ASCII characters repeating.
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefgh
"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghi
#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghij
$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijk
Unicode replacement character[edit]
The Unicode replacement character, also known as a tofu box, is a placeholder symbol used to replace missing text if a letter cannot be typed. For example, a missing "O" in "Hop" would be written as H�p, and a missing "E" in "Hello" would be written as H�llo. It is often used when a character is not supported by any typeface in the processing system of the device.
See also[edit]
● Sample text in Microsoft Word
● Postmodernism Generator
● The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
● Lorem ipsum
● Hamburgevons
References[edit]
● ^ Weller, Charles (1918). "Early reference to quote". The Early History of the Typewriter. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
● ^ "Champion Typewriting". The Standard Stenographic Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 6. February 1889. pp. 6–7.
● ^ Adams, Cecil (16 September 1977). "Who originated, "Now is the time for all good men ..."". The Straight Dope. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
● ^ "BOGUS MOVIE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: Of Building Codes and Tax Petitions and Cabbages and Kings". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
4. SDF 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[edit]
Main article: 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[edit]
Main article: Lorem ipsum
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." is one of the most common filler texts, popular with typesetters and graphic designers. It originates from the book De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum and is
part-Latin and part-gibberish.
Now is the time for all good men[edit]
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" is a phrase first proposed as a typing drill by instructor Charles E. Weller; its use is recounted in his book The Early
History of the Typewriter, p. 21 (1918).[1] Frank E. McGurrin, an expert on the early Remington typewriter, used it in demonstrating his touch typing abilities in January 1889.[2] It has
appeared in a number of typing books, often in the form "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."[3]
New Petitions and Building Code[edit]
Many B movies of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s utilized the "
