diff --git a/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp b/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
index 41247016..3a983cef 100644
--- a/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,15 @@ namespace psemek::ui
 		geom::vector<float, 2> pos{0.f, (size_[1] - baseline_offset_) * options.scale};
 		for (char32_t c : util::utf8_range(str))
 		{
-			if (!supports_character(c))
-				c = unknown;
+			char32_t cc = c;
 
-			auto const & data = glyphs_.at(c);
+			if (!supports_character(c))
+				cc = unknown;
+
+			if (std::isspace(c))
+				cc = ' ';
+
+			auto const & data = glyphs_.at(cc);
 
 			glyph g;
 			g.character = c;