tasty_title.php

function tasty_title($length = 35){
    $title = get_the_title();

    // Shorten
    if (strlen($title) > $length) {
        $suffix = '...';
        $short_desc = trim(str_replace(array("\r","\n", "\t"), ' ', strip_tags($title)));
        $desc = trim(substr($short_desc, 0, $length));
        $lastchar = substr($desc, -1, 1);
        if ($lastchar == '.' || $lastchar == '!' || $lastchar == '?') $suffix='';
        $desc .= $suffix;
        $title = $desc;
    }

    if (strlen($title) == 0)
        $title = "Untitled";
    
    echo $title;
}