Sunday Jun 29

Tintin and Lorem ipsum

I was re-watching Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin a while back and noticed the animators set the bodies in newspapers in Lorem ipsum as filler text. Lorem ispum is a placeholder or filler text used in typography, design and other publishing as means of testing the visual representation. Lorem ipsum features roughly the same letter distribution as in English.

Tintin: newspaper and lipsum!

Tintin and Snowie were favourite heroes of my childhood. This definitely made me smile.

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4 comments

  1. 1. Tate
    Jun 29, 11:22

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Vivamus sagittis est. Etiam ac nibh. Vestibulum non neque ac diam lobortis nonummy. Nam adipiscing nisi quis arcu. Suspendisse sed enim a mauris commodo dapibus. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nullam gravida risus sollicitudin sapien.

  2. 2. Piotr
    Jun 30, 23:51

    Nice one! Thanks for sharing.

  3. 3. Patrick Algrim
    Jul 28, 06:25

    Wow, that’s hilarious! I wonder if that’s where Lorum Ipsum got it’s start. Maybe we are all using the tin tin makers content on Web site mock-ups. This could go far if someone made a joke Web site too! Love it, awesome find!

  4. 4. Pascal
    Jul 28, 20:28

    @Patrick Algrim: I think Lorem Ipsum is quite old—older than Tintin even I think. Thanks for the post (and email—shall be responding shortly). Cheers.

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