MidAmeriCon II sign and the 3-inch gap problem

[hazelchaz]

The problem with my first set of designs is that there's a 3-inch gap from the N to the II. The lights are about 2.5" apart, and we can't skip a light (giving us 5" in slack) because the design uses 200 complete 100-light strands.

So what do you think of removing two lights elsewhere, and putting a dot between the N and the II?

or maybe another dot after as well?