diff --git a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
index 06f93a135a..cc70f4fa91 100644
--- a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
+++ b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
@@ -5282,6 +5282,28 @@ bool TextServerAdvanced::_shape_substr(ShapedTextDataAdvanced *p_new_sd, const S
 						}
 						if (gl.end == p_start + p_length && ((gl.flags & GRAPHEME_IS_SOFT_HYPHEN) == GRAPHEME_IS_SOFT_HYPHEN)) {
 							uint32_t index = font_get_glyph_index(gl.font_rid, gl.font_size, 0x00ad, 0);
+							if (index == 0) { // Try other fonts in the span.
+								const ShapedTextDataAdvanced::Span &span = p_sd->spans[gl.span_index + p_new_sd->first_span];
+								for (int k = 0; k < span.fonts.size(); k++) {
+									if (span.fonts[k] != gl.font_rid) {
+										index = font_get_glyph_index(span.fonts[k], gl.font_size, 0x00ad, 0);
+										if (index != 0) {
+											gl.font_rid = span.fonts[k];
+											break;
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (index == 0 && gl.font_rid.is_valid() && OS::get_singleton()->has_feature("system_fonts") && _font_is_allow_system_fallback(gl.font_rid)) { // Try system font fallback.
+								const char32_t u32str[] = { 0x00ad, 0 };
+								RID rid = const_cast<TextServerAdvanced *>(this)->_find_sys_font_for_text(gl.font_rid, String(), String(), u32str);
+								if (rid.is_valid()) {
+									index = font_get_glyph_index(rid, gl.font_size, 0x00ad, 0);
+									if (index != 0) {
+										gl.font_rid = rid;
+									}
+								}
+							}
 							float w = font_get_glyph_advance(gl.font_rid, gl.font_size, index)[(p_new_sd->orientation == ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL) ? 0 : 1];
 							gl.index = index;
 							gl.advance = w;