
No-frills Text Generators
These text generators are solid (and serious) in nature. Most of which have great features to help increase the effectiveness of your vision.Blind Text Generator

Lipsum

Lorem Ipsum Generator

Dummy Text Generator

Cameron Creative Filler Text

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Random Text Generator

Fillerati

MaleVole Text Generator

Loripsum.net
This is kind of the fancier, easier to use version of the 'Lipsum.com; generator. You can add different kinds of tags as well as your unordered lists and even placeholder code. Loripsum.net is actually one of the best generators you will find, as long as you're cool with keeping the 'Lorem ipsum...' type of text.Example (with unordered lists):
Quis est tam dissimile homini. Invidiosum nomen est, infame, suspectum. Quam ob rem tandem, inquit, non satisfacit? Aliter autem vobis placet.
- Ut necesse sit omnium rerum, quae natura vigeant, similem esse finem, non eundem.
- Eam si varietatem diceres, intellegerem, ut etiam non dicente te intellego;
HTML-Ipsum
Sometimes it's not about just filling up the text, you may need actual HTML elements to help you, especially if you want to show off some of the CSS styling you may use. HTML-Ipsum gives you plenty of tags to choose from (forms, menus, etc.) to use to bring your design to real life.
Example (short sentence):
Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
Just-for-fun Text Generators
These text generators add a bit of comic relief to your web designs. They aren't for every situation or client but hey, if you can get away with it, use it!Gangsta Lorem Ipsum

TV Ipsum

Bacon Ipsum

Example (from VeganIpsum):
Miner's Lettuce orache lagos bologi ensete broadleaf arrowhead canna wild leek chinese artichoke. Hamburg parsley, tarwi, broccoli rabe greater plantain welsh onion water chestnut onion. Moth bean, burdock, polk elephant foot yam elephant foot yam asparagus black-eyed pea good king henry.Twipsum

Conclusion
All of these tools can help you at some point during your design career. Whether the dummy text be standard or creative and funny none of these sites will let you down. The key is just finding one that works for you and meets the needs of you can your client! If you have to use dummy texts, why not use the best of the best? What is your favorite dummy text generator? Did we miss any good ones?Kendra Gaines
Kendra Gaines is a freelance designer from Virginia, USA. Connect with her.
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