Header produced with fancyhdr overflows for long section names about tudelft-light HOT 3 CLOSED

One potential solution is to use the optional argument for a shorter section and chapter title as follows:

\section[Tables \& Figures]{Tables \& Figures: A Long Name Will Overflow}

However, this will change the name that appears in the table of contents as well as evidenced by:

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The problem of shortening the section and chapter titles with passing an optional argument can be overcome by using the \sectionmark{} command as discussed in:

https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/94901

Furthermore, to prevent the text from overlapping, a parbox can be used as discussed in:

https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/419472

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After lots of research the best solution is to use the truncate package:

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/440116/how-do-i-deal-with-very-long-section-title-shown-in-page-header

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