Sunday, December 6, 2009

Meaning of "Lorem Ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus"

Was just editing my blog when i came across the following quote at the bottom of the Blog 'Edit':

"Lorem ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus"

Was quite intrigued and so googled for the same. And the answer is also quite interesting. Well, in the first place, it doesnt actually have any meaning nor is it Latin. It is actually gibberish which is written so that some sort of content can be used for the sake of illustration. It's called "greeking" -- it's filler text that developers, publishers etc use to designate a text paragraph, without actually putting anything specific in the paragraph.

Wikipedia says: In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is the name given to commonly used placeholder text (filler text) to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout.

Even though using "lorem ipsum" often arouses curiosity because of its resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have meaning. Where text is visible in a document, people tend to focus on the textual content rather than upon overall presentation, so publishers use lorem ipsum when displaying a typeface or design elements and page layout in order to direct the focus to the publication style and not the meaning of the text.

Very Interesting!!

Iktara Male Version - Request to Karan Johar!!

This is probably a violation of copyright laws but what the hell!!. This is just a medium to request Karan Johar to launch Amit Trivedi's background score for Wake Up Sid, probably as a separate album. Shankar Ehsan Loy were very good in this film...but the Trivedi magic that we have already seen in Aamir and DevD is simply brilliant. This guy is here to stay and create amazing music that bollywood has not provided in a very long time.

Presenting here the male version of Iktara composed by Amit Trivedi and sung by Tochi Raina - The best song of Wake Up Sid and something that should have definitely been there on the album.