[scribus] Why does a "space" and "left parentheses" cause text to justify?

[Gregory Pittman]

On 02/05/2011 01:32 PM, Garry Robbins wrote:
> I have a simple text line such as:
>
> 1 Firstname Lastname (1607-1677)
>
> which results in some sort of tabbing / justification / extra white space
> between the "e" of "Lastname" and the left parenthesis "(".
>
> The style for the line includes a left tab stop between the line number and
> the Firstname.
>
> I've tried nonbreaking spaces, but nothing short of replacing the "(" with
> "[" seems to stop the extra whitespace.

It would help to know what justification you're using, whether you are 
using any tabs, and whether you are using any advanced options for 
letter/word spacing.

Greg