# Fuck Lorem Ipsum

_Published on 31 July 2015 at 10:01 AM · Updated on 1 July 2025 · Around 1 minutes to read_

I remember early in my career, I struggled with one thing, content Not being formally trained, discovering [Lorem ipsum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum) was a useful place holder. Looking back, I can see why my I ended up designing and then redesigning layouts, as content trickled in and I never really profited the way I should have when working on projects. But I’d like to think I’m smarter now, but still I am faced with working on projects where the content is not considered up front and the expectation is that I will just use latin. Well fuck your Lorem ipsum, I design right, I design with content. The content will absolutely influence my design decisions, so there is really no point in designing without the correct content, in fact I’d say **design is content, laid out**. Now I love me some [Samual L Ipsum](http://slipsum.com) as much as the next motherfucker, but it’s wrong, so stop it and tell the next person who suggests using Lorem ipsum where to get off.

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