I was trying to contact font designer Robert Slimbach directly about this issue, but that (unsurprisingly) was not so easy. The issue is that Adobe Kis does not contain a fj-ligature, something which I fully expect a full featured font from Adobe to have (the other great fonts by Slimbach, like Warnock, Minion and Garamond Premier all have this). The letter combination fj is unheard of in English, but very common in Norwegian, so a discerning designer in Norway will avoid fonts that have no fj ligature. So even though Adobe Kis is a really great font, and I was excited to try it, it is unsuitable for setting Norwegian text. Sadly. I am hoping that this is an oversight that can be fixed.

A bonus, my message for Slimbach:

Dear Mr. Robert Slimbach. I try the long shot of contacting you directly. I am a book designer from Norway who has been a great fan of your typefaces since I started designing and typesetting books in the 90s. I was excited to try out Adobe Kis, and it really is a great looking typeface for a lot of uses, fully featured and absolutely up to the standards of previous greats. And having a variable font is very convenient. I was considering using Kis for a series of larger projects, where it would work fabulously. However, I discovered a very small but – from the viewpoint of a Norwegian designer – glaring omission which I absolutely did not expect: There is no fj-ligature. This makes it unsuitable for perfect setting of Norwegian text, full of words like fjord and fjell and fjær. I am hoping that this is an oversight that can be fixed in a later iteration. In any case: Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,
Øystein Vidnes
http://vidnes.xyz