Re: [ft-devel] assertion failure in cf2hints.c

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I've run across a font that causes an assertion failure at line 591
> in cf2hints.c:
> 
>     /* paired edges must be in proper order */
>     FT_ASSERT( !isPair                                         ||
>                topHintEdge->csCoord >= bottomHintEdge->csCoord );
> 
> I'm wondering: is there some reason this is an assertion, rather
> than an error that gets reported back to the caller?  I.e., why
> doesn't it fall into the same general category as any other sort of
> invalid/corrupted font?

I don't think there's a specific reason for this.  This code was
simply inherited while integrating it to FreeType, and up to now we
haven't seen a failure here.

> I can extract the font and post it, if needed.

Please file a bug report and attach the failing font to it!


    Werner