diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/TextFormatting/TextCharacters.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/TextFormatting/TextCharacters.cs
index 494cbcb890..e287238f82 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/TextFormatting/TextCharacters.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/TextFormatting/TextCharacters.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.TextFormatting
                 }
 
                 //Stop at the first missing glyph
-                if (!font.TryGetGlyph(currentGrapheme.FirstCodepoint, out _))
+                if (!currentGrapheme.FirstCodepoint.IsBreakChar && !font.TryGetGlyph(currentGrapheme.FirstCodepoint, out _))
                 {
                     break;
                 }