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Title tag generator with pixel width
Write a title and watch its real width against Google's roughly 600px desktop cutoff, measured by rendering the string rather than counting characters. It also shows where the cut would land.
Width
Type a title. The bar measures the real string, rendered at 20px Arial, which is what Google uses for desktop result titles.
Why pixels and not characters
Arial is proportional. A lowercase i is about a quarter the width of a W, so two titles of the same character count can differ by well over 100px. Sixty characters of narrow text fits comfortably; sixty characters with several capitals and Ws does not. That is why the character count above is shown as a guide, and the pixel bar is the thing to watch.
The measurement itself is real: your browser renders the string in the font and reports its width. What is approximate is Google, on three counts. Their font stack resolves to whatever your operating system substitutes for Arial. Their container width varies a little by layout and device. And Google rewrites titles outright on a large share of results, in which case none of this applies. Treat 600px as a boundary to stay inside, not a line measured to the pixel.
Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TOOL
- Why measure pixels instead of characters?
- Because Arial is proportional. A lowercase i is roughly a quarter the width of a capital W, so two titles of identical character count can differ by more than 100px. The familiar 50 to 60 character rule is a rough translation of a pixel limit, and it misleads in both directions: a narrow title of 68 characters can fit, and a wide one of 55 can be cut.
- How is the pixel width measured?
- Your browser renders the actual string in a canvas at 20px Arial, the size and family Google uses for desktop result titles, and reports its width. It is a genuine measurement of that exact string, not a lookup table of average character widths.
- So how accurate is it against Google?
- Accurate as a guide, not to the pixel, and for three reasons we would rather state than hide. Google's font stack resolves to whatever your operating system substitutes for Arial, which is not identical everywhere. Their container width shifts slightly with layout and device. And Google rewrites a large share of titles outright, in which case what you wrote is not what is measured at all. Stay comfortably inside 600px rather than tuning to 599.
- What is the 600px figure based on?
- It is the width at which desktop results are commonly observed to truncate. Google does not publish a limit, and has said explicitly that there is no fixed title length. Treat it as an observed boundary, which is why this page shows how much room you have left rather than a pass or fail badge.
- Where should the brand name go?
- At the end, if at all. The front of a title is the part that survives truncation and the part a reader scans first, so it should carry the topic. The brand suffix here is measured as part of the title, because it is part of what gets cut.
- Is anything sent to your servers?
- No. The measurement happens in your browser's own canvas. There is no network request when you type, so there is nothing for us to store or log.
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This page measures the title you wrote. Google frequently shows a different one. We track the titles that actually appear for your pages in results, so you find out when yours has been rewritten instead of assuming it was used.