diff -uprN freetype2/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c freetype2/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c
--- freetype2/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c	2007-06-13 17:05:55.000000000 +0900
+++ freetype2/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c	2007-09-30 20:45:39.000000000 +0900
@@ -2284,6 +2284,20 @@
       charmap.encoding    = FT_ENCODING_NONE;  /* will be filled later */
       offset              = TT_NEXT_ULONG( p );
 
+      FT_TRACE2(( "found cmap platform_id %u, encoding_id %u\n",
+                  charmap.platform_id, charmap.encoding_id ));
+
+      /* cmap tables with platform_id == Apple Unicode sometimes are
+       * incomplete in comparison to other tables.
+       * FIXME: perhaps fallback to this table if no other table exists.
+       */
+      if ( charmap.platform_id == 0 ) /* Apple Unicode */
+      {
+        FT_TRACE2(( "ignoring Apple Unicode encoding\n" ));
+        continue;
+      }
+      
+
       if ( offset && offset <= face->cmap_size - 2 )
       {
         FT_Byte* volatile              cmap   = table + offset;