Re: [Devel] BUG : FT 2.1.3 SegFault on particular font wadalab-gothic.ttf

[David Turner]

Hello Paul,

Paul Cheyrou-lagreze wrote:
> Opening http://www.wafu.ne.jp/3dlogo/fonts/wadalab-gothic.ttf 
>
> segfault in 
>
> ps3_hints_apply () 
>
> My code is 
>
> if (FT_New_Face (FTlib, fontname, -1, &(font->face)) == 0)
>     err = FT_New_Face (FTlib, fontname, 0, &(font->face));
>   
> (First Call works, it recognise the file format, but the second segfault.) 

That's very strange, for the following reasons:

  - I'm unable to reproduce the bug on my computer
    (FreeType loads the font fine)

  - "ps3_hints_apply" is only used when trying to hint
    a Postscript-based font, while yours is a TrueType
    one (I've checked by looking the font in a hex
    editor), so this function should never be called !!

seems, something different is happening. If you're on Linux, may
I suggest you to run your program through the "valgrind" tool to
spot any memory overwrites ?

Regards,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)