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Monday, 15 Feb, 2021

Web designers check out « Ipsum Image » which lets you generate placeholder images for your sites, with optional background colors and text. 😎 Generate, then download and use.

For example, the following generates a 1000 x 600 px image with white text showing the dimensions, on a yellow background.

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https://ipsumimage.appspot.com/1000x600,FFA900?f=ffffff

It should be obvious, but the service name «Ipsum» comes from the famous Lorem Ipsum dummy text:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud …

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On Twitter, @worksofgenius pointed out Lorem Picsum, which I think is even slicker. Thanks!