diff --git a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
index 341ae9c015a..2336153c0d5 100644
--- a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
+++ b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
@@ -4201,9 +4201,9 @@ void TextServerAdvanced::_shape_run(ShapedTextDataAdvanced *p_sd, int32_t p_star
 			}
 
 			if (p_sd->preserve_control) {
-				last_cluster_valid = last_cluster_valid && ((glyph_info[i].codepoint != 0) || is_whitespace(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]) || is_linebreak(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]));
+				last_cluster_valid = last_cluster_valid && ((glyph_info[i].codepoint != 0) || (p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster] == 0x0009) || (u_isblank(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]) && (gl.advance != 0)) || (!u_isblank(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]) && is_linebreak(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster])));
 			} else {
-				last_cluster_valid = last_cluster_valid && ((glyph_info[i].codepoint != 0) || !u_isgraph(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]));
+				last_cluster_valid = last_cluster_valid && ((glyph_info[i].codepoint != 0) || (p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster] == 0x0009) || (u_isblank(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]) && (gl.advance != 0)) || (!u_isblank(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster]) && !u_isgraph(p_sd->text[glyph_info[i].cluster])));
 			}
 		}
 		if (p_direction == HB_DIRECTION_LTR || p_direction == HB_DIRECTION_TTB) {