diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexBlock.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexBlock.kt
index b340c86dd..bf7796be5 100644
--- a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexBlock.kt
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexBlock.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ open class BibtexBlock(
         node: ASTNode,
         wrap: Wrap,
         alignment: Alignment?,
-        val spacingBuilder: SpacingBuilder
+        private val spacingBuilder: TexSpacingBuilder
 ) : AbstractBlock(node, wrap, alignment) {
 
     override fun buildChildren(): MutableList<Block> {
diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexFormattingModelBuilder.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexFormattingModelBuilder.kt
index 2cdd45ec0..1e5977935 100644
--- a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexFormattingModelBuilder.kt
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexFormattingModelBuilder.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ open class BibtexFormattingModelBuilder : FormattingModelBuilder {
                     element.node,
                     Wrap.createWrap(WrapType.NONE, false),
                     Alignment.createAlignment(),
-                    createSpacingBuilder(settings)
+                    createBibtexSpacingBuilder(settings)
             ),
             settings
     )!!
diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexSpacingRules.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexSpacingRules.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbff677f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/BibtexSpacingRules.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package nl.hannahsten.texifyidea.formatting
+
+import com.intellij.formatting.Spacing
+import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettings
+import nl.hannahsten.texifyidea.BibtexLanguage
+import nl.hannahsten.texifyidea.psi.BibtexTypes.*
+
+fun createBibtexSpacingBuilder(settings: CodeStyleSettings): TexSpacingBuilder {
+
+    val bibtexCommonSettings = settings.getCommonSettings(BibtexLanguage)
+
+    return rules(bibtexCommonSettings) {
+
+        simple {
+            around(ASSIGNMENT).spaces(1)
+            before(SEPARATOR).spaces(0)
+            between(TYPE, OPEN_BRACE).spaces(0)
+            between(TYPE, OPEN_PARENTHESIS).spaces(0)
+            between(OPEN_BRACE, ID).spaces(0)
+            after(OPEN_PARENTHESIS).spaces(1)
+            around(CONCATENATE).spaces(1)
+            between(ENTRY_CONTENT, ENDTRY).spaces(1)
+        }
+
+        custom {
+            // Only insert a space between two actual words, so when the left word
+            // is not a left brace, and the right word is not a right brace.
+            customRule { _, left, right ->
+                return@customRule if (right.node?.elementType === NORMAL_TEXT_WORD && left.node?.elementType === NORMAL_TEXT_WORD) {
+                    if (left.node?.text == "{" || right.node?.text == "}") null
+                    else Spacing.createSpacing(1, 1, 0, bibtexCommonSettings.KEEP_LINE_BREAKS, bibtexCommonSettings.KEEP_BLANK_LINES_IN_CODE)
+                }
+                else null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexBlock.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexBlock.kt
index 268daf0be..ee91cb306 100644
--- a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexBlock.kt
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexBlock.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class LatexBlock(
         node: ASTNode,
         wrap: Wrap?,
         alignment: Alignment?,
-        private val spacingBuilder: LatexSpacingBuilder,
+        private val spacingBuilder: TexSpacingBuilder,
         private val wrappingStrategy: LatexWrappingStrategy
 ) : AbstractBlock(node, wrap, alignment) {
 
diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingRules.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingRules.kt
index 2cdd7631f..8e199cf1f 100644
--- a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingRules.kt
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingRules.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import nl.hannahsten.texifyidea.settings.codestyle.LatexCodeStyleSettings
  *
  * @author Sten Wessel, Abby Berkers
  */
-fun createSpacingBuilder(settings: CodeStyleSettings): LatexSpacingBuilder {
+fun createSpacingBuilder(settings: CodeStyleSettings): TexSpacingBuilder {
     fun createSpacing(minSpaces: Int, maxSpaces: Int, minLineFeeds: Int, keepLineBreaks: Boolean, keepBlankLines: Int): Spacing =
             Spacing.createSpacing(minSpaces, maxSpaces, minLineFeeds, keepLineBreaks, keepBlankLines)
 
diff --git a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingBuilder.kt b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/TexSpacingBuilder.kt
similarity index 94%
rename from src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingBuilder.kt
rename to src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/TexSpacingBuilder.kt
index 250dce9a0..058835d24 100644
--- a/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/LatexSpacingBuilder.kt
+++ b/src/nl/hannahsten/texifyidea/formatting/TexSpacingBuilder.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.tree.TokenSet
  *
  * @author Sten Wessel
  */
-class LatexSpacingBuilder(private val commonSettings: CommonCodeStyleSettings) {
+class TexSpacingBuilder(private val commonSettings: CommonCodeStyleSettings) {
 
     private val builders = ArrayList<Builder>()
 
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ class LatexSpacingBuilder(private val commonSettings: CommonCodeStyleSettings) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Build a [LatexSpacingBuilder] with a set of rules.
+ * Build a [TexSpacingBuilder] with a set of rules.
  */
-fun rules(latexSettings: CommonCodeStyleSettings, init: LatexSpacingBuilder.() -> Unit): LatexSpacingBuilder {
-    val builder = LatexSpacingBuilder(latexSettings)
+fun rules(latexSettings: CommonCodeStyleSettings, init: TexSpacingBuilder.() -> Unit): TexSpacingBuilder {
+    val builder = TexSpacingBuilder(latexSettings)
     builder.init()
     return builder
 }
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