diff --git a/src/parse/mod.rs b/src/parse/mod.rs
index 7536b2ca0..be947170b 100644
--- a/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ fn markup_node(p: &mut Parser, at_start: &mut bool) {
         | NodeKind::Shy
         | NodeKind::EnDash
         | NodeKind::EmDash
+        | NodeKind::Ellipsis
         | NodeKind::Quote(_)
         | NodeKind::Linebreak(_)
         | NodeKind::Raw(_)
diff --git a/src/parse/tokens.rs b/src/parse/tokens.rs
index ae3d7b9c5..f6e1f296d 100644
--- a/src/parse/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/parse/tokens.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ impl<'s> Tokens<'s> {
             // Markup.
             '~' => NodeKind::NonBreakingSpace,
             '-' => self.hyph(),
+            '.' if self.s.eat_if("..") => NodeKind::Ellipsis,
             '\'' => NodeKind::Quote(false),
             '"' => NodeKind::Quote(true),
             '*' if !self.in_word() => NodeKind::Star,
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ impl<'s> Tokens<'s> {
             // Comments, parentheses, code.
             '/' | '[' | ']' | '{' | '}' | '#' |
             // Markup
-            '~' | '\'' | '"' | '*' | '_' | '`' | '$' | '-' | '\\'
+            '~' | '-' | '.' | '\'' | '"' | '*' | '_' | '`' | '$' | '\\'
         };
 
         loop {
@@ -224,12 +225,17 @@ impl<'s> Tokens<'s> {
                 TABLE.get(c as usize).copied().unwrap_or_else(|| c.is_whitespace())
             });
 
+            // Allow a single space, optionally preceded by . or - if something
+            // alphanumeric follows directly. This leads to less text nodes,
+            // which is good for performance.
             let mut s = self.s;
-            if !(s.eat_if(' ') && s.at(char::is_alphanumeric)) {
+            s.eat_if(['.', '-']);
+            s.eat_if(' ');
+            if !s.at(char::is_alphanumeric) {
                 break;
             }
 
-            self.s.eat();
+            self.s = s;
         }
 
         NodeKind::Text(self.s.from(start).into())
@@ -831,7 +837,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_tokenize_text() {
         // Test basic text.
         t!(Markup[" /"]: "hello"       => Text("hello"));
-        t!(Markup[" /"]: "hello-world" => Text("hello"), Minus, Text("world"));
+        t!(Markup[" /"]: "hello-world" => Text("hello-world"));
 
         // Test code symbols in text.
         t!(Markup[" /"]: "a():\"b" => Text("a():"), Quote(true), Text("b"));
@@ -897,7 +903,7 @@ mod tests {
         t!(Markup[" "]: "."     => EnumNumbering(None));
         t!(Markup[" "]: "1."    => EnumNumbering(Some(1)));
         t!(Markup[" "]: "1.a"   => EnumNumbering(Some(1)), Text("a"));
-        t!(Markup[" /"]: "a1."  => Text("a1."));
+        t!(Markup[" /"]: "a1."  => Text("a1"), EnumNumbering(None));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/syntax/ast.rs b/src/syntax/ast.rs
index b01eeb47a..608566913 100644
--- a/src/syntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/ast.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ impl Markup {
             NodeKind::Shy => Some(MarkupNode::Text('\u{00AD}'.into())),
             NodeKind::EnDash => Some(MarkupNode::Text('\u{2013}'.into())),
             NodeKind::EmDash => Some(MarkupNode::Text('\u{2014}'.into())),
+            NodeKind::Ellipsis => Some(MarkupNode::Text('\u{2026}'.into())),
             NodeKind::Quote(d) => Some(MarkupNode::Quote(*d)),
             NodeKind::Strong => node.cast().map(MarkupNode::Strong),
             NodeKind::Emph => node.cast().map(MarkupNode::Emph),
diff --git a/src/syntax/highlight.rs b/src/syntax/highlight.rs
index 34e5b4a70..004ff9576 100644
--- a/src/syntax/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/highlight.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ impl Category {
             NodeKind::Shy => Some(Category::Shortcut),
             NodeKind::EnDash => Some(Category::Shortcut),
             NodeKind::EmDash => Some(Category::Shortcut),
+            NodeKind::Ellipsis => Some(Category::Shortcut),
             NodeKind::Escape(_) => Some(Category::Escape),
             NodeKind::Not => Some(Category::Keyword),
             NodeKind::And => Some(Category::Keyword),
diff --git a/src/syntax/mod.rs b/src/syntax/mod.rs
index 1f02217a1..d18b6a3d5 100644
--- a/src/syntax/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/mod.rs
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ pub enum NodeKind {
     EnDash,
     /// An em-dash: `---`.
     EmDash,
+    /// An ellipsis: `...`.
+    Ellipsis,
     /// A smart quote: `'` (`false`) or `"` (true).
     Quote(bool),
     /// A slash and the letter "u" followed by a hexadecimal unicode entity
@@ -774,6 +776,7 @@ impl NodeKind {
             | Self::NonBreakingSpace
             | Self::EnDash
             | Self::EmDash
+            | Self::Ellipsis
             | Self::Quote(_)
             | Self::Escape(_)
             | Self::Strong
@@ -869,6 +872,7 @@ impl NodeKind {
             Self::Shy => "soft hyphen",
             Self::EnDash => "en dash",
             Self::EmDash => "em dash",
+            Self::Ellipsis => "ellipsis",
             Self::Quote(false) => "single quote",
             Self::Quote(true) => "double quote",
             Self::Escape(_) => "escape sequence",
@@ -992,6 +996,7 @@ impl Hash for NodeKind {
             Self::Shy => {}
             Self::EnDash => {}
             Self::EmDash => {}
+            Self::Ellipsis => {}
             Self::Quote(d) => d.hash(state),
             Self::Escape(c) => c.hash(state),
             Self::Strong => {}
diff --git a/tests/ref/text/shorthands.png b/tests/ref/text/shorthands.png
index ad09967d2..c21d49df2 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/text/shorthands.png and b/tests/ref/text/shorthands.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/shorthands.typ b/tests/typ/text/shorthands.typ
index ef0bf8666..2efd1ad1d 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/shorthands.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/shorthands.typ
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ The non-breaking~space does work.
 ---
 - En dash: --
 - Em dash: ---
+
+---
+#set text("Roboto")
+A... vs {"A..."}