When designing any sort of page, web or print, text is needed to fill the space so you can see how the layout will look. The standard text used in this case is the "lorem ipsum" text, which is text in Latin. I suppose people use this so you focus on the look and layout and not what you are reading.

If you need to create some lorem ipsum text, check out the link below. It lets you choose the number of word or characters, the number of paragraphs, and the type of text. You can go with standard lorem ipsum or choose from text from novels, or choose some other languages.