@Helge: Thank you so much, this helped immensely!
@Guenter: > Also, using a narrower typewriter font may help. My favourite is "txtt" > (which unfortunately needs to be configured "per hand": Set the GUI selector > for monospaced to [Default] and put the line > > \renewcommand{\ttdefault}{txtt} > > in the custom LaTeX preamble. This sounds good, but I don't understand the part "Set the GUI selector for monospaced to [Default]" How do I do that? Thanks a lot, everyone! Lastalda