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dummy text

dummy text noun: a placeholder text used in typesetting.

Noun

dummy text (plural dummy texts)

  1. A placeholder text used in typesetting.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of dummy text

pluraldummy texts

Questions about dummy text

What does dummy text mean?
Dummy text means a placeholder text used in typesetting.
What part of speech is dummy text?
Dummy text is a noun.
What is the plural of dummy text?
The plural of dummy text is dummy texts.

Words near dummy text in the dictionary

  1. dummy scissors
  2. dummy spit
  3. dummy spits
  4. dummy subject
  5. dummy subjects
  6. dummy text
  7. dummy texts
  8. dummy up
  9. dummy variable
  10. dummy variables
  11. dummy whist

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