Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > What about a situation such as this: "Fig. 26"? To my eye, the interword > space behind the abbreviating period seems too wide. Should this be a > thin space instead?
It should be an unbreakable space in any case (that is, thinspace or protected space ~). I use protected space, Forssman/de Jong (Detailtypographie) recommend a thinspace, though. Jürgen