Thanks Rik! The \phantom stuff is following me since the good old Plain TeX days… :-)

Now I know how to get rid of it.

Best regards: OK

On 7 Dec 2019, at 16:33, Rik Kabel <rik@panix.com> wrote:
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Replace the \hphantom{...} with \dontleavehmode.

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Rik