Odd author formatting

Can I let the screenshot speak for itself? (Just updated from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0)

<img width="172" alt="Screenshot 2021-08-04 at 22 15 52" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/85963311/128241465-d55b820c-0a96-404e-be62-165e1b6436ee.png">

Meta data:

```
---
author: A. U. Thor
---
```
