Long names cut off in questions and answers

Question

The Unhandled Exception's name is cut off in this question and in the answer too. The last 'n' looks like an 'r'.

Using Firefox 3.6.6.

Examples:

alt text

Jeff will get furious if someone finds a bug in this post, screen caps it and circles the error in red... — MPelletier, Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 21:48
I take that as a challenge to find some bug with this post! ;-) — The Unhandled Exception, Commented Oct 12, 2011 at 15:49
Poor C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, called him McQueer until I was told that this is probably not his real name. — Jens Erat, Commented Jul 7, 2013 at 21:53

Jeff Atwood · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-24 21:50:43Z

9

Correct, there's a fixed amount of space, and some names are longer than can fit in the space, so it is unavoidably truncated.

We allow ~26 character names, so your name could be

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

or

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Notice difference in length.

answered Sep 24, 2010 at 21:50

Jeff Atwood

311k107 gold badges889 silver badges1.3k bronze badges

6

I'm now prompted to say this: Monospace fonts FTW.
– MPelletier
Commented Oct 12, 2011 at 16:32
Then there should be a name length restriction. There is no point to have a long name if you "cannot" use it.
– gotqn
Commented Nov 20, 2013 at 15:12
@gotqn read the answer again, you missed "We allow ~26 character names".
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 9:08
@ShaWizDowArd Yes, you are right. I have understood this wrong.
– gotqn
Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 12:12

Add a comment |

1 Answer 1