From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 2026-01-22, Dorothy J Heydt  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Bernard Peek   wrote:   
   >>On 2026-01-21, Dorothy J Heydt  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [Hal Heydt]   
   >>> My mother and all her siblings had two middle names.  Wonder what   
   >>> they've have done with that...   
   >>   
   >>When we started building a convention membership database we tested it with   
   >>   
   >>"Anthony Neil Gerald Mittenshaw-Hodge"   
   >>   
   >>I can't remember whether we ever thanked him for his assistance.   
   >   
   > [Hal Heydt]   
   > I would have no problem entering that name and storing it in the   
   > database.  What gets printed on a badge would have to be a bit   
   > shorter, though.   
   >   
   > I allow for 32 characters for "first name" and another 32   
   > characters for "last name", plus an optional one character   
   > "middle initial".   
      
   It is possible to calculate the length of text in a given font and reduce it   
   to fit.  I'm not sure that it would be a better solution than yours.   
   Possibly "A triumph of technology over common-sense" as one of my colleagues   
   called a product that he was supposed to support.   
      
   --   
   Bernard Peek   
   bap@shrdlu.com   
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