AI Placeholder Text
AI-Generated Lorem Ipsum for Modern Design
Traditional lorem ipsum is a 2,000-year-old workaround. AI-generated lorem ipsum is the modern replacement — placeholder text that's contextually relevant, industry-specific, and actually useful for evaluating your designs. Claude Ipsum uses AI to generate copy that fits your design context.
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The Problem With Traditional Lorem Ipsum
Lorem ipsum has been the default placeholder text since the 1960s. It was never designed to be useful — it was designed to be invisible. A block of Latin that fills space so you can focus on layout without being distracted by readable content.
But here's the problem: you need to be distracted by content. Real content has variable lengths, specific vocabulary, and formatting requirements that lorem ipsum can't simulate.
How AI Changes Placeholder Text
AI-generated lorem ipsum is a fundamentally different approach. Instead of filling space with meaningless Latin, it fills space with contextually appropriate content that behaves like the real thing.
Before: Traditional Lorem Ipsum
- Same Latin text regardless of context
- No relationship to actual content patterns
- Doesn't test real-world edge cases
- Meaningless to clients and stakeholders
After: AI-Generated Placeholder Text
- Industry-specific vocabulary that matches your project
- Realistic content lengths that test your layout properly
- Contextual tone — formal for finance, casual for social apps
- Readable mockups that clients can actually evaluate
What AI-Generated Lorem Ipsum Looks Like
Instead of "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit," Claude Ipsum generates text like:
For a healthcare app: "Schedule your next appointment with Dr. Chen. Virtual visits available Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm." For an e-commerce product card: "Handcrafted ceramic mug. Double-walled porcelain keeps your coffee warm for hours. Dishwasher safe." For a SaaS dashboard: "Your team completed 147 tasks this sprint. Velocity is up 12% compared to last month."Each example is contextually appropriate, realistic in length, and useful for evaluating your design.
Why Designers Are Switching to AI Placeholder Text
1. Better Design Decisions
When your mockup contains realistic content, you can see how your layout handles real-world scenarios — long product names, short descriptions, multi-line addresses.
2. Faster Client Approval
Clients understand mockups with real-sounding content. No more explaining that "lorem ipsum is just placeholder text" in every presentation.
3. Fewer Development Surprises
Layouts designed with realistic content are less likely to break when actual content is added during development.
4. Content-First Design
AI-generated placeholder text lets you practice content-first design without waiting for final copy from your content team.
Getting Started With AI-Generated Lorem Ipsum
Claude Ipsum is a free Figma plugin that generates AI-powered placeholder text. Install it from the Figma Community, select any text layer, describe your context, and generate realistic copy instantly.
No more Latin. No more broken layouts. Just placeholder text that actually works.