diff --git a/doc-source/changelog.rst b/doc-source/changelog.rst
index 097e49a..0616914 100644
--- a/doc-source/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc-source/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 Changelog
 ===============
 
+3.4.0
+----------------------
+
+
+* Renamed :py:obj:`sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables.type_template`
+  to :py:obj:`sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables.old_type_template`
+  and replaced the original with a version using unicode codepoints
+  instead of reST substitutions.
+
+* On non-ReStructuredText parsers :mod:`sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables`
+  and :mod:`sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple` no longer output spurrious ``|nbsp|``.
+
 3.3.0
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/autonamedtuple.py b/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/autonamedtuple.py
index 2d88a24..d023a0d 100644
--- a/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/autonamedtuple.py
+++ b/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/autonamedtuple.py
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ def sort_members(
 
 			self.add_line(f"{a_tab}.. namedtuple-field:: {field}", sourcename)
 			self.add_line('', sourcename)
-			field_entry = [f"{a_tab}{pos})", "|nbsp|", f"**{field}**"]
+			# field_entry = [f"{a_tab}{pos})", "|nbsp|", f"**{field}**"]
+			field_entry = [f"{a_tab}{pos}) \u00A0**{field}**"]
 			if arg_type:
 				field_entry.append(f"({arg_type}\\)")
 			field_entry.append("--")
diff --git a/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/variables.py b/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/variables.py
index 232561d..174ff9a 100644
--- a/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/variables.py
+++ b/sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/variables.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 		"InstanceAttributeDocumenter",
 		"SlotsAttributeDocumenter",
 		"type_template",
+		"old_type_template",
 		"get_variable_type",
 		"setup",
 		)
@@ -198,9 +199,9 @@ def get_variable_type(documenter: Documenter) -> str:
 			return ''
 
 
-type_template = "   **Type:** |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| %s"
+old_type_template = "   **Type:** |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| %s"
 """
-Template for rendering type annotations in :class:`~.VariableDocumenter`,
+Old template for rendering type annotations in :class:`~.VariableDocumenter`,
 :class:`~.TypedAttributeDocumenter` and :class:`~.InstanceAttributeDocumenter`.
 
 Renders like:
@@ -213,6 +214,22 @@ def get_variable_type(documenter: Documenter) -> str:
 	of any extensions using this template.
 """
 
+type_template = "   **Type:**    %s"
+"""
+Template for rendering type annotations in :class:`~.VariableDocumenter`,
+:class:`~.TypedAttributeDocumenter` and :class:`~.InstanceAttributeDocumenter`.
+
+Renders like:
+
+	**Type:** \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 :class:`str`
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.4.0
+
+	This template now uses the unicode codepoint for a non-breaking space,
+	rather than the ReStructuredText substitution used in 3.3.0 and earlier.
+	The old template is available as ``old_type_template``.
+"""
+
 
 class VariableDocumenter(DataDocumenter):
 	"""