From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Bernard Peek   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   Possible, but counterproductive.  The name on a name badge needs   
   to be in a font big enough to read at some distance, so the   
   bigger the font the better, so long as the text will fit.   
      
   I'm using the larger size standard badge--3" x 4", so I can't   
   just go to a bigger badge.   
      
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