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[[Image:A Specimen by William Caslon.jpg|thumb|A specimen sheet of typefaces and languages, by [[William Caslon|William Caslon I]], letter founder; from the 1734 [[Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences|Cyclopaedia]]. It uses as filler text an excerpt from Cicero's first [[Catiline Orations|Catiline Oration]]: "Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?"]]

'''Filler text''' (also '''placeholder text''' or '''dummy text''') is text that shares some characteristics of a real [[Written language|written text]], but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a [[Typeface|sample of font]]s, generate text for testing, or to [[Spoofing attack|spoof]] an [[E-mail filtering|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]].

==Asdf==
ASDF 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==
((Main|Etaoin shrdlu))

"Etaoin shrdlu" is the approximate order of [[letter frequency|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''==
((Main|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|''De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum'']] and is part-[[Latin]] and part-[[gibberish]].

==Now is the time for all good men==
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" is a phrase first proposed as a [[Touch typing#Training|typing drill]] by instructor Charles E. Weller; its use is recounted in his book ''The Early History of the Typewriter'', p.&nbsp;21 (1918).<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/73/1388.html|title=Early reference to quote|last=Weller|first=Charles|year=1918|work=[[The Early History of the Typewriter]]|access-date=2010-10-26  ))</ref> [[Frank Edward McGurrin|Frank E. McGurrin]], an expert on the early Remington typewriter, used it in demonstrating his touch typing abilities in January 1889.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Champion Typewriting|magazine=The Standard Stenographic Magazine|date=February 1889|volume=1|issue=6|pages=6–7))</ref> 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."<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_295a.html|title=Who originated, "Now is the time for all good men ..." |last=Adams|first=Cecil|date=16 September 1977|work=[[The Straight Dope]]|access-date=2008-08-18))</ref>

==''New Petitions'' and ''Building Code''==
Many [[B movie]]s of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s utilized the "[[spinning newspaper]]" effect to narrate important plot points that occurred offscreen. The effect necessitated the appearance of a realistic front page, which consisted of a main [[headline]] relevant to the plot, and several smaller headlines used as filler. A large number of these spinning newspapers included stories titled "New Petitions Against Tax" and "Building Code Under Fire."<ref>((cite web |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/movielady/2011/09/10/bogus-movie-newspaper-headlines-of-building-codes-and-tax-petitions-and-cabbages-and-kings/ |title=BOGUS MOVIE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: Of Building Codes and Tax Petitions and Cabbages and Kings |publisher=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=2013-05-11))</ref> These phrases have become running jokes among B movie fans, and particularly fans of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.((citation needed|date=October 2015))

==Character Generator Protocol==
((Main|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 [[byte]]s. Although the specific format of the output is not prescribed by ((IETF RFC|864)), the recommended pattern (and a [[de facto standard]]) is shifted lines of 72 [[ASCII]] characters repeating.

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==((anchor|�))Unicode replacement character==

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==
*[[Easter eggs in Microsoft products#Microsoft Word|Sample text in Microsoft Word]]
*[[Postmodernism Generator]]
*[[The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog]]
* [[Lorem ipsum]]
* [[Hamburgevons]]

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