The first ‘t’ in my name should never be capitalized. In capital letters, the name looks as: ’t HOOFT.

Unfortunately, ‘smart’ text editors such as WordPerfect show a serious imperfection. When you correctly type: t Hooft, these stupid editors turn the apostrophe upside down, so that you get t Hooft. The designers of the poster for the Conference called Physics ’99 fell in the same trap. They wrote Physics ‘99.
The way to avoid this is: First type: t Hooft, then erase the intruder . I admit, this is a painful exercise. It was discovered by my daughter Saskia.

Other things computer programs do wrong: if you try to alphabetize a list of names that includes mine, my name will either emerge at the very beginning or at the very end of the list, so that I can beat Mr. Aaaron or Mr. Zzzwylitski, who might have counted on a secure place there. In the Dutch telephone dictionary, I am alphabetized as: Hooft, G. 't, so that I am listed close to Hoff, J.H. van 't. They do that because people tend to remember the main body of a name better than the prefixes, which vary a lot (the names ‘Hooft’, ‘van Hoofd’, ‘van 't Hooft’, etc. are also common. But I don't mind standing between Thirring and Thorne.

I enjoy having this name. It makes me feel proud if someone handles it right.

Below: Some variations on my name, collected over the years. The first entry is the correct name.

Other possibilities: my daughter received mail addressed as: Saskia Öt Hooft.
My wife:  Mrs. A.A. Appelstrof Hooft