From e7244b47a9e9b6f96e66390f5194af847dd5a307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Triplelexx <mojolexx@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 21:55:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] increase LETTER_OFFSET value

allow more room for characters, could be improved by detecting each one
---
 scripts/system/nameTag.js | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/system/nameTag.js b/scripts/system/nameTag.js
index 88f7ab1f89..e25db69064 100644
--- a/scripts/system/nameTag.js
+++ b/scripts/system/nameTag.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const TTL = 2; // time to live in seconds if script is not running
 const HEIGHT_ABOVE_HEAD = 0.2;
 const HEAD_OFFSET = -0.025;
 const SIZE_Y = 0.075;
-const LETTER_OFFSET = 0.0225;
+const LETTER_OFFSET = 0.03; // arbitrary value to dynamically change width, could be more accurate by detecting characters
 const LINE_HEIGHT = 0.05;
 
 var nameTagEntityID = NULL_UUID;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Script.setTimeout(function() {
 function addNameTag() {
     var nameTagPosition = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.getHeadPosition(), Vec3.multiply(HEAD_OFFSET, Quat.getFront(MyAvatar.orientation)));
     nameTagPosition.y += HEIGHT_ABOVE_HEAD;
-    var modelNameTagProperties = {
+    var nameTagProperties = {
         name: MyAvatar.displayName + ' Name Tag',
         type: 'Text',
         text: MyAvatar.displayName,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function addNameTag() {
         dimensions: dimensionsFromName(),
         position: nameTagPosition
     }
-    nameTagEntityID = Entities.addEntity(modelNameTagProperties, CLIENTONLY);
+    nameTagEntityID = Entities.addEntity(nameTagProperties, CLIENTONLY);
 }
 
 function updateNameTag() {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function dimensionsFromName() {
         x: LETTER_OFFSET * MyAvatar.displayName.length,
         y: SIZE_Y,
         z: 0.0
-    };
+    }
 };
 
 // cleanup on ending