Latin filler is invisible to a designer and confusing to a stakeholder. Filler made of real English words reads as draft copy — close enough for a review meeting, obviously wrong for a launch.
What you can control
- Two vocabularies: hipster-cafe nouns and engineering jargon, each with a distinct texture on the page.
- Blend in Latin to soften the effect when the real words start distracting from the layout.
- Same units and wrappers as the classic generator — paragraphs, sentences, words, lists, HTML or Markdown.
- The engineering vocabulary is genuinely useful for mocking up developer documentation.
What this is not
Real words carry meaning, and a stakeholder will read them. Expect at least one person to ask what 'sidecar backpressure quorum' means before they look at the layout.
Questions
When should I use this instead of lorem ipsum?
When the audience for the mockup is not a designer. Real words make it clear the content is a draft rather than an unreadable block.
Does the word length match English prose?
Closer than Latin does. Hipster vocabulary skews slightly long, which makes it a mild stress test for narrow columns.
Can I mix the two vocabularies?
Pick one vocabulary and turn on Latin blending. Mixing hipster and engineering words directly produces text that reads as broken rather than as filler.