Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Latin content

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Although the phrase is nonsense, it does have a long history. The
phrase has been used for several centuries by typographers to show the
most distinctive features of their fonts. It is used because the
letters involved and the letter spacing in those combinations reveal,
at their best, the weight, design, and other important features of the
typeface.

A 1994 issue of "Before & After" magazine traces "Lorem ipsum ..." to
a jumbled Latin version of a passage from de Finibus Bonorum et
Malorum, a treatise on the theory of ethics written by Cicero in 45
B.C. The passage "Lorem ipsum ..." is taken from text that reads,
"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet,
consectetur, adipisci velit ...," which translates as, "There is no
one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it,
simply because it is pain..."

During the 1500s, a printer adapted Cicero's text to develop a page of
type samples. Since then, the Latin-like text has been the printing
industry's standard for fake, or dummy, text. Before electronic
publishing, graphic designers had to mock up layouts by drawing in
squiggled lines to indicate text. The advent of self-adhesive sheets
preprinted with "Lorem ipsum" gave a more realistic way to indicate
where text would go on a page.

Tell Jerry that Latin is still a dead language.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Jim W. <jimshadow [at] verizon.net> wrote:
> That looks like the same placeholder text that our web design guys (gals) use 
> as they are building websites and waiting on content......Latin to english 
> translator just returned gibberish....Looks like that page is in progress.
>
> JIM
>
> --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Latin content
> To: "JIM" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:49 PM
>
>
> Listers,
>      As part of my never-ending resource spotting, I ran across this page 
> last night.  Grandson Jerry is taking Latin, I gave him a print to take to 
> his teacher, who (get this) was "too busy grading papers" to look at it 
> today.  Anyone have a clue?  I emailed their webmaster and it came back 
> undeliverable, haven't yet contacted anyone on the auction company's staff, 
> but may do it soon, wanted to give the list a shot at it.
> :)
>
> Kind regards,
> Tom in Tulsa
> http://www.silverauctions.com/content.php?id=48
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