Is it possible to view entire filename on desktop?

On my desktop I have my icons sized to 16x16 with the 12pt text positioned to the right and finally arranged by 'kind'. This results in a single column of around 20 files. But many of the files are similarly named so I need to hover my cursor and wait a second for the full name to appear, for instance 'schedulemay2007.pdf' and 'scheduleapril2007.pdf' both show up as 'schedule...2007.pdf'
Is there a way to have OS X show the entire name, or at least lengthen what is shown?

maybe an applescript.

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5762545
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