Spacebar on text is giving me a dot that I can't get rid of

[JDicks7]

HELP.. my space between text in illustrator is showing a dot.. and I have no idea why.. it just started yesterday. help! It's only happening to type in the appearance panel with an outline...

[pedley_s · Accepted solution]

This thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/type-stroke-fill/m-p/12119479#M279840

was mentioned in another thread and it seems to be similar to your issue. Maybe it will help?