Why you should never use Lorem Ipsum ever again
by Alan Torn
Waste of potential
Design is communitaction. Meaning, every square centimeter of the design should be aimed at this this goal. Even back when there was no tools like we have today to fill the text frame with any kind of meaningful text, I was using passages of my favorite writers as Lorem Ipsum.
I could just stop here, without even getting into any other reasons, because this one is plenty enough. But, because I'm thorough, I have to keep going.
Sloppiness
Whenever I see Lorem Ipsum, I immediately lose interest in the designer. I know, it sounds smobbish. But I just can’t help it. Let me explain. Let’s start at the very beginning. What’s the point of the Lorem Ipsum anyaway? Well, it’a placeholder text, that helps to plan and manage how the real text would look like on the page. Okay, but why do people use this specific text passage? Because it's convenient, and it’s a tradition. Okay, here’s the thing. Convenience is the only real benefit to using it, which is simply blown out of the water by all the drawbacks.