Cut off text/font in selection. Cannot access Open type/alternate features.

I have many fonts that include alternate characters that I substitute using this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVsufJjons

I never had any trouble in X7. Since upgrading to X8 many of my fonts will not allow access to the alternates anymore and remain visually cut-off unless I convert them to curves. Of course after this conversion, alternates are no longer available because the shapes are no longer text.


Example: