Obscure abbreviations of filenames

[maurice]

On Snow leopard's desktop how cannot I view the whole title of my files. The abbreviations are incomprehensible. Yes, the full titles appear if I hover the pointer over them but isn't there a way to keep the complete titles visible at all times?
Increasing or decreasing the font size or the icon size will not do. Any suggestion?

[jb]

right-click on the desktop
select 'Show View Options'
widen the 'Grid spacing'

[maurice]

Thank you, jb, that did it nicely.

I have the same problem with iCal: the text is too small. The Help file has an option to increase text size but it only increases the size of the Help page!

Is it possible to enlarge text size in iCal (without enlarging the whole page)?

[gaby]

[maurice]

Gaby, none of the 2 links you suggested can increase the text size in iCal 4.04 which is the one that comes with Snow Leopard.
Note: I refer to the screen size, not the print size.

Surely there must be a way of making the text larger?

[gaby]