Index: doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex
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--- doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision d4933b3211cb9da2491aebd641a5b04f8f755396)
+++ doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision c7ad6093136c1315003976fb2a75d94a3bd4b194)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 %% Created On       : Sat Apr  9 10:06:17 2016
 %% Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-%% Last Modified On : Sat Feb 17 17:45:36 2018
-%% Update Count     : 368
+%% Last Modified On : Sat Feb 17 21:58:43 2018
+%% Update Count     : 369
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@
         {\ETC.\xspace}%
 }%
-\newcommand{\ETAL}{\abbrevFont{et}\hspace{2pt}\abbrevFont{al}}
+\newcommand{\ETAL}{\abbrevFont{et}~\abbrevFont{al}}
 \newcommand*{\etal}{%
 	\@ifnextchar{.}{\protect\ETAL}%
-		{\abbrevFont{\protect\ETAL}.\xspace}%
+		{\protect\ETAL.\xspace}%
 }%
 \newcommand{\VIZ}{\abbrevFont{viz}}
 \newcommand*{\viz}{%
 	\@ifnextchar{.}{\VIZ}%
-		{\abbrevFont{\VIZ}.\xspace}%
+		{\VIZ.\xspace}%
 }%
 \makeatother