Lion: limited room for name desktop icons?

Lion seems to reserve only one line underneath a desktop icon for its name (OS 10.6 two). Names are also shortend if they threathen to get as wide as the icon size. It means you can only use short folder names.
With the smalles fontsize (10) you need an icon size of at least 100x100 to be able to use a proper name. That's a rediculous icon size, even on a 1680x1050 screen.
I store frequently used items in folders on my desktop. Am I the only one who is bothered by this? Or am i missing something?
Jerry.

If you haven't already done so, try clicking on the Desktop, type command-J, and in the resulting View Options window, increase the "Grid Spacing." If the Grid Spacing is set too low, you will lose the second line of the label as well as the middle portion of the text:

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