@classmethod
def wordTooLong(cls, word, font, max_length, justify_chars=0):
    """test if a single word is too long to the displayed with the given font.
        @word: the word to check
        @font: the pygame.Font to use
        @max_length: the max length of the word
        @justify_chars: an integer that add a number of spaces at the worrd total length.
        @return: True if the word will be longer
        """
    return font.size(' ' * justify_chars + word)[0] > max_length
