1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/inline/TextLayoutManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/inline/TextLayoutManager.java
index 573019bf6..fc7110efa 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/inline/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/inline/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@ public class TextLayoutManager extends LeafNodeLayoutManager {
             if (ch == CharUtilities.SPACE
                     && foText.getWhitespaceTreatment() == Constants.EN_PRESERVE
                     || ch == CharUtilities.NBSPACE) {
+                final Font font = FontSelector.selectFontForCharacterInText(ch,
+                        this.foText, this);
+                font.mapChar(ch);
                 // preserved space or non-breaking space:
                 // create the AreaInfo object
                 areaInfo = new AreaInfo(nextStart, nextStart + 1, 1, 0, wordSpaceIPD, false, true,