Index: openacs-4/packages/captcha/tcl/captcha-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/captcha/tcl/captcha-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.1.2.10 -r1.1.2.11
--- openacs-4/packages/captcha/tcl/captcha-procs.tcl	1 Mar 2024 14:42:36 -0000	1.1.2.10
+++ openacs-4/packages/captcha/tcl/captcha-procs.tcl	1 Mar 2024 14:54:56 -0000	1.1.2.11
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@
         # font-size" below.
         #
 
+        if {[string length $line] > $max_length} {
+            set max_length [string length $line]
+        }
+
         set line [ns_quotehtml ${line}]
         #
         # Safari also needs spaces to be quoted. Other browsers or
@@ -347,18 +351,14 @@
         append svg [subst {
             <tspan x="0" $y>$line</tspan>
         }]
-        if {[string length $line] > $max_length} {
-            set max_length [string length $line]
-        }
         incr i
     }
 
     #
-    # Empirical formula to compute the optimal length, found to work
-    # in practice.
+    # Empirical formula to compute the optimal viewBox size, found to
+    # work in practice.
     #
-    set svg_width [expr {4 * $max_length}]
-
+    set svg_width [expr {11 * $max_length}]
     set svg_height [expr {15 * [llength $lines]}]
 
     set svg [subst -nocommands {