17 Weird and Creative Text Generators for Placeholder Text and Filler Words
If you've ever designed a website, created a brochure, or used a layout program like Adobe InDesign, you know how important filler text is. Placeholder text, also known as filler words or dummy text, is used to fill in empty spaces on a page to give an idea of how the final product will look.
While "lorem ipsum" is the most well-known type of filler text… let’s be honest it can get a biittt boring.
Happily, the internet is here for us! And there are many other creative text generators out there that can spice up your designs and add a bit of personality.
There is legit something for pretty much everyone… and every situation! (I’m particularly loving these for people creating templates - website or otherwise - so much more fun than Lorem Ipsum!!)
In this post, I’m sharing 17 weird and creative text generators for placeholder text and filler words that you might find useful and entertaining for your design projects!
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1. Trendy & Ironic Text Generator: Hipster Ipsum
Hipster Ipsum is a fun and quirky text generator that uses hipster-related phrases to create filler text. This tool is perfect for any design project, or brand that needs a bit of attitude and irony - I get a giggle every time I spot things I love and say in the responses (yep, I’m a wannabe hipster & I’m not sad about it!)
Sample text: "Poutine normcore semiotics, photo booth occupy meh church-key. Pop-up beard occupy irony, tofu four dollar toast photo booth farm-to-table aesthetic artisan. YOLO fashion axe irony, dreamcatcher street art cray paleo flannel. Marfa pug hoodie, irony bicycle rights skateboard migas cliche tofu."
Website: https://hipsum.co/
2. Sweet, Cute & Yummy Text Generator: Cupcake Ipsum
Cupcake Ipsum is a delicious text generator that uses cupcake-related words to create filler text. This tool is perfect for foody websites, cupcake shops, or any design project that needs a touch of sweetness ;) I honestly can’t generate filler text from this site without needing to wander over to the fridge & rummage inside - seriously gives me the munchies!
Sample text: "Gingerbread toffee jelly-o cheesecake brownie candy canes donut. Marshmallow macaroon chocolate cake wafer ice cream candy canes gingerbread. Candy canes oat cake marzipan chocolate bar muffin cake soufflé. Cake muffin jujubes sugar plum jelly beans gingerbread chupa chups."
Website: http://www.cupcakeipsum.com/
3. Meat Themed Text Generator: Bacon Ipsum
One for the brits in the audience - are you on team ketchup or brown sauce btw… (not saying I don’t like brown saucers… but please leave immediately … jk (kinda!)
Bacon Ipsum is a tasty text generator that uses bacon-related phrases to create filler text. This tool is perfect for meat lovers, breakfast-themed projects or designs or just to add a total surprise to see if anyone notices!!
Sample text: "Bacon ipsum dolor amet shoulder capicola rump biltong bresaola tri-tip, beef boudin venison. Shank pastrami bacon, t-bone shankle bresaola sirloin. Frankfurter landjaeger ball tip, beef ribs ribeye venison brisket boudin strip steak porchetta. Filet mignon sirloin alcatra shankle. "
Website: https://baconipsum.com/
4. Cheese themed text generator: Cheese Ipsum
Ok, still feeling hungry - cheese ipsum is #textgenerator goals if you’re a cheese lover! Another great shout for foody websites or projects - it’ll defs see people hungrily browsing through your work!
Sample Text: “Cheese on toast airedale the big cheese. Danish fontina cheesy grin airedale danish fontina taleggio the big cheese macaroni cheese port-salut. Edam fromage lancashire feta caerphilly everyone loves chalk and cheese brie. Red leicester parmesan cheese and biscuits cheesy feet blue castello cheesecake fromage frais smelly cheese.”
5. Pop culture reference text generator: Fillerama
Fillerama is a text generator that uses quotes from popular TV shows and movies to create filler text. This tool is perfect for any design project that would be spiced up with a bit of pop culture reference - again, as ever, think about your ideal client & consider whether they’d be a good target audience for this text generator!
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Sample text: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. - Hal 9000. I am the danger. - Walter White. That's what she said. - Michael Scott. I have approximate knowledge of many things. - Jake the Dog. No soup for you! - The Soup Nazi."
Website: http://fillerama.io/
6. Sweary & Sassy text Generator: Samuel L Ipsum
Samuel L Ipsum is a text generator that uses quotes from Samuel L. Jackson movies to create filler text. This tool is perfect for anyone who wants to add a bit of badassery to their designs… but health warning - it’s full of the swearys (that’s curse words for the americans!), so if that’s not your vibe, or the vibe of your audience, it’s probably best avoided!!
Sample text: "I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing. Check out the big brain on Brad! What ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What? Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you!"
Website: https://slipsum.com/
7. Just for a laugh text Generator: Hodor Ipsum
Hodor Ipsum is a text generator that uses only one phrase - "Hodor" - from Game of Thrones to create filler text… I legit did a full snort into my coffee when I saw it - super silly & probably not really useable, but might give your audience a laugh, if they’re lovers of GoT!
Sample text: "Hodor Hodor Hodor, Hodor Hodor Hodor. Hodor Hodor, Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor. Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor. Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor. Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor."
Website: https://www.hodoripsum.com/
Other Game of Thrones Text Generators Include…
Valaryan, Common Tongue & Dothraki - you can check them out here…
https://game-of-thrones-ipsum.com/
8. Controversial Text Generator: Trump Ipsum
So… I hesitated to put this one in coz… man’s an idiot. But in the interests of something for everyone, Trump Ipsum is a text generator that uses quotes from Donald Trump to create filler text. Probably a good one to add a bit of controversy or satire to your designs… or to avoid completely…
Sample text: "I'm speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I've said a lot of things. And I'm the only one that knows what they meant. I think I am actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you would understand. Nobody has more respect for women than I do, nobody. Believe me."
Website: https://trumpipsum.net/
9. Astronomy and space text generator: Space Ipsum
This is a fun one, good for projects with a spacey, sciencey or inter-galactic feel! Could be good for guides or templates made for museums or educational resources!
Sample Text: “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
10. Cool for Kids Text Generator: Pirate Ipsum
Pirate Ipsum is a text generator that uses pirate-related phrases to create filler text. Finding this one was my cue to start saying ahoy m hearties at all occasions (a bit like on my recent trip to the Grenadines - something about boats & pirates that’s right up my alley… maybe it’s the rum!) Anyway, here’s a sample - great for designs for kids and nautical projects!
Sample text: "Ahoy bilge rat bucko, yardarm jib black jack grapple black spot. Privateer Plate Fleet tack Buccaneer belaying pin jolly boat hornswaggle. Grog blossom fluke brigantine hearties sloop. Gold Road flogging nipperkin prow starboard."
Website: https://pirateipsum.me/
11. Nautical Themed Text Generator: Tuna Ipsum
Whilst we’re on a nautical theme, Tuna Ipsum is a text generator that uses fish-related phrases to create filler text. This tool is perfect for seafood-related designs or anything related to fishing. It’s also literally made for me… fish puns, or actually puns of any type, are my absolute favorite thing!
Sample text: "Hooked on you angler, tincidunt vestibulum, velit tincidunt diam, vel augue purus vitae tortor. Grouper varius sapien, turpis nec dictum sagittis, mauris elit efficitur mauris, in sodales quam nulla non turpis. Lobster non libero, fermentum ac erat sed, accumsan vehicula turpis. Starfish elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit elit."
Website: https://tunaipsum.com/
12: Good for Hairdressers, Barbers & Beauty Brands text generator: Hairy Ipsum
Hairy Ipsum is a fun and quirky text generator that uses phrases related to hair and grooming to create filler text. This tool is perfect for hairdressers, barbers, or anyone who wants to add a bit of humor to their designs. I’m also a big fan of the name… hairy ipsum… chortle!
Sample text: "Mophead mullet blowdry, cowlick mohawk trim. Goatee hairball hair loss, mohawk afro blowout. Sideburns hair dye blowdryer, afro comb-over crewcut. Rat tail perm mullet, blowdry frizz frizz frizz. Hairbrush ponytail hair loss, blowout sideburns hairball."
Website: http://www.hairyipsum.com/
13. Good for Literary Projects Text Generator: Fillerati
Fillerati is a text generator that uses classic literature to create filler text. This tool is perfect for any design project that needs a bit of elegance and sophistication, or literary projects - it’s also one that always reminds me of books I love & gives me a nudge to dig em out!
Sample text: "The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, Of cabbages and kings. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe."
Website: http://www.fillerati.com/
14. Classic Projects Text Generator: Litipsum
On a similar vein, Litipsum is a text generator that creates dummy text based on the Lorem Ipsum text, but with a twist. Instead of the traditional Latin text, Loripsum uses text from a range of famous novels including Sherlock Holmes! (Low key obsessed with the Benedict Cumberbatch series if you haven’t seen it!)
Sample text: ""When he was gone I unlocked my bureau, made sure that my treasure was safe, and locked it again. Then I started to go round the house to see that all was secure--a duty which I usually leave to Mary but which I thought it well to perform myself that night. As I came down the stairs I saw Mary herself at the side window of the hall, which she closed and fastened as I approached.
Website: https://litipsum.com/
15. Halloween and gothic projects text generator: Zombie Ipsum
Zombie Ipsum is totally silly text generator that uses references to zombies and the apocalypse to generate filler text. This tool is perfect for Halloween-themed designs, horror movies, or anything related to the undead… it’s also just ridiculous, like most of the rest of these TBH - but whoever said work couldn’t be fun!!
Sample text: "Brraaains zombies zombies zombie zombie, zombi zombi zombi. Undead zombies zombies zombies runnnnnnnn. Scary zombies zombies zombies zombies zombie zombie zombie. Brains zombies zombies zombies zombies. Zombies zombies zombies brains brains brains. Zombie zombie zombie brains, brains brains brains zombies zombies zombies."
Website: http://www.zombieipsum.com/
16. Good for Pet Projects 😉 Cat Ipsum
If you're a cat lover, you'll definitely appreciate Cat Ipsum… Even if you’re more of a dog person I’ll bet you’ll enjoy it slyly insulting cat behavior! (No matter how much we love them, you have to admit cats are assholes!) This tool creates placeholder text filled with cute, funny (and brutally honest!) phrases related to cats, making it perfect for cat-themed designs or just for fun.
Sample text: "Purr when being pet chase laser yet attack feet or stick butt in face. Cereal boxes make for five star accommodation sit on the laptop sleep on keyboard, and sweet beast. Sleep in the bathroom sink hide when guests come over leave hair everywhere."
Website: http://www.catipsum.com/
17. Good for lovers of arrested development
This one does what it says on the tin - it’s a text generator drawing from Michael Bluth from arrested development - great if your audience are fans od this show!
Sample text: “Well, obviously, I'm not a big guy. I'm not a Carl Weathers, par example. Did you know that more frozen bananas are sold right here on this boardwalk than anywhere in the OC? Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire”
So there you have it - 17 websites for unexpected, fun and quirky filler or placeholder text for your next project - never be stuck with Lorem Ipsum again!
You’ll have seen I mentioned a bunch of times in this post, that good choices are driven by who your audience is… if you’re not clear on that yet, you need to be - its the foundation of everything in your biz - so read this next, and grab the free Ideal Client workbook - a step by step guide to getting absolute clarity on your ideal client including scripts, questionnaires & diagrams to help you on your way!
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