Premiere Pro crashes when typing "fi"

[Lucas264389384zp4]

Hi, I have been working with Premiere Pro and came across a problem. I was using the text tool in essential graphics but when I type "fi" the application crashes. I have tried a few times and this keeps on happening. I can type any other set of letters but when I put 'f' and 'i' next to each other, the application always crashes. Is there anything I can do to fix this? (I am using Premiere Pro 2023 on a MacBook Pro (Ventura 13.0))

[Rag and Bone · Accepted solution]

This has come up a few times. It seems to affect some fonts but not others. For example Lucida Grande seems to exhibit this behavior, but Lucida Sans Unicode apparently doesn't, ...if possible, try using a different font.

[Stan Jones]

The f and i in some fonts is a "ligature" - the two separate characters are combined into one. (There are other combinations as well.)

If you want that, we can explore further. If not, see my post here (and the 2 posts before it):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/adding-caption-crash-premiere/m-p/13071437#M...

I think the crash is an issue only for Macs?

Stan