dummy text

noun

A placeholder text used in typesetting.

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Meanings

noundummy text (plural dummy texts)

plural dummy texts

  1. mediaA placeholder text used in typesetting.

    This means you can easily set up text layouts without having the copy in hand and without resorting to a “dummy text” placeholder.

    2010, Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, Bob Bringhurst, Real World Adobe InDesign CS5, Pearson Education, →ISBN
    1 more example

    A traditional way to represent dummy text in typeset documents is with a passage of medieval Latin that begins “Lorem ipsum. ..” (or “lipsum” for short).

    2006, Christian Crumlish, Kate J. Chase, Microsoft FrontPage 2003: Savvy, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 93

Translations

German Blindtext
  • Blindtextplaceholder text
Polish tekst próbny
  • tekst próbnyplaceholder text
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APA

dummy text. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20text

MLA

“dummy text.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20text. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dummy text,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20text.

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