ref: 79c23ae28a09255dbb10033e5eca6e2b6c86fcf0
parent: 146ff279b4cdb6af0d6eedaf42ab3dbda848fad5
author: David Turner <[email protected]>
date: Wed Jan 22 17:53:55 EST 2003
* src/sfnt/ttload.c (sfnt_dir_check): relaxed the "head" table size
verification to accept a few broken fonts who pad the size incorrectly
(the table should be padded, but its "size" field shouldn't per se
the spec)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
adding a new API, named FT_Get_BDF_Property to retrieve the BDF
properties of a given PCF or BDF font
+ * src/sfnt/ttload.c (sfnt_dir_check): relaxed the "head" table size
+ verification to accept a few broken fonts who pad the size incorrectly
+ (the table should be padded, but its "size" field shouldn't per se
+ the spec)
2003-01-18 Werner Lemberg <[email protected]>
--- a/src/sfnt/ttload.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/ttload.c
@@ -213,7 +213,14 @@
has_head = 1;
- if ( table.Length != 0x36 ||
+ /* the table length should be 0x36, but certain font tools
+ * make it 0x38, so we will just check that it is greater.
+ *
+ * note that according to the specification,
+ * the table must be padded to 32-bit lengths, but this doesn't
+ * apply to the value of its "Length" field !!
+ */
+ if ( table.Length < 0x36 ||
FT_STREAM_SEEK( table.Offset + 12 ) ||
FT_READ_ULONG( magic ) ||
magic != 0x5F0F3CF5UL )