Lato font does not space correctly with "fi" "ti" "ff" and "tt"
- November 18, 2022
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I loaded the Lato font 2 years ago and did not have any spaces issues between lower case t and i, f and i, f and f, t and t. When I got the an update of Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator beginning of this year it seems the font does not have enough space between the above mention letters. For example:
- first (the f blends into the i and the dot over the i is missing)
- solutions (the t blends into the i)
- capabilities (t blends into the i)
- fluffing (this one really looks bad - the f's run together and there is no dot over the i)
- batting (both t's and i merge, but the dot is visible over the i)
Microsoft does not have this issue when using Lato. Also, Google only has the issue with the "f" and "i". I've attached examples.
Note: After talking to Adobe support, they had me uninstall and reinstall Lato. This did not work.
Currently, (as a work-around) I am adding a space between the these letters and taking that space down to 1px to get it to look right. Kerning adjustment did not work.
Does anyone have any other ideas to get this font to work as it should? 😊

