Name of contribution: blindtext (V2.0) Name and email: Knut Lickert <knut@lickert.net> Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext Summary description: Package for writing text License type: LaTeX Project Public License blindtext.sty: Create dummy text. Can be used to create examples with a lot text to become a feeling for the look of classes, packages... Some macros: - \blindtext creates some text, - \Blindtext creates more text. - \blinddocument creates a small document with sections, lists... - \Blinddocument creates a large document with sections, lists... Text corpus cann be changed with package options: - random - pangram - bible Supported languages: - (n)german - english and american - latin (short Lorem ipsum) - french (interim solution) - catalan ==================================== Provided Files: *blindtext.dtx *blindtext_<language>.dtx *blindtext.ins *blindtext.pdf *Readme For more information visit http://tex.lickert.net/packages/blindtext/index.html (German) http://tex.lickert.net/packages/blindtext/index_en.html (English) http://tex.lickert.net/dokumente/klassen/index_en.html ==================================== Similar packages: lipsum - A long 'Lorem ipsum' Similarities: -Both styles create dummy text. -The length can be defined by optional parameters. Differences between blindtext and lipsum: -lipsum contains a larger 'Lorem Ipsum'. -blindtext supports different languages -blindtext contains macros for dummy lists (itemize, enumerate, description) -blindtext contains macros for documents (including sections, text and lists) -blindtext contains macros for math formulas if requested