Cutting text to a given length

Question

I want to put text on the header of my document (I'm using fancyhdr), but if the text surpass certain length it overlaps with other elements. For example, if I want to put "A very long text to fit in the header", then the desired output will be "A very long text...". Of course this output depends on a given length.

In this question there is a method to obtain the length of given text. But I cannot figure out how to display just a few words of the text.

Sorry if I don't have a MWE, but I don't know how to start. I've tried \clip the text using TikZbut it cuts words, something like: "A very lon..."

Thanks in advance

There is a package called truncate that is able to cut a text after a certain width — daleif, Aug 03 '20 at 14:18
I already did what I want, so you can post your comment as an answer and I’ll mark it as the correct answer — Luis Turcio, Aug 03 '20 at 14:49

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '20 at 15:00

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There is a rather old package called truncate, so one can use

\truncate{122pt}{This text has been~truncated}

and the text will be truncated before 122pt, between words and never at a ~.

See the truncate package manual for more options

answered Aug 03 '20 at 15:00

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