You might have thought that the longest day was 21st June (in England) and 21st December (in Australia), but of course the longest day for a programmer is Wednesday, 28th September. That's the test day that you should use to see weather your text fits or whether your line folds ... the longest day in terms of being the longest piece of text!
(written 2009-03-18)
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