Font Validator 2.0 crashes when I open a font.

[DunwichType]

Opening this font will crash Font Validator 2.0 on Windows. Mac Font Validator 2.0 will stay open after the file is loaded, but crashes as soon as I click a button. It works fine with 1.0.1286
RhodiumLibre-Regular.otf.zip

[HinTak]

Hmm, that's unusual. It works here on linux, your file is not even that interesting. does it help if you use the net2 binary instead?

https://sourceforge.net/projects/hp-pxl-jetready/files/Microsoft%20Font%20Validator/FontVal-2.0.0-bin-net2.zip/download

One possibility is that the mac binary was built from the net4 one, and there is something wrong with that one - though I can't see how (yet), since I did use it as it was for mac.

Anyhow, if you are interested in the warnings/errrors from that font file, here they are:

W   | W0022 | Recommended table is missing
        DSIG
W   | W0020 | Tables are not in optimal order
        table 'maxp' precedes table 'head'
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[2]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[28]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[29]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[30]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[31]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[32]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[33]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[42]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[43]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[267]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[268]
E   | E5700 | The LookupFlag reserved bits are not all set to zero
        LookupList, Lookup[269]
W   | W2106 | The version number is valid, but less than 5
        3
W   | W2117 | The value of sTypoAscender minus sTypoDescender is greater than unitsPerEm
        sTypoAscender = 1152, sTypoDescender = -532
W   | W2101 | A CodePage bit is set in ulCodePageRange, but the font is missing some of the printable characters from that codepage
        bit #29, Mac character set (missing chars: UFB01 UFB02)
W   | W1305 | The lowestRecPPEM value may be unreasonably small
        lowestRecPPEM = 3

[HinTak]

BTW, is there any crash messages? On windows, there should be a pop up - from the OS.

On mac it might be a bit harder, but FontVal 2.0 keeps a log of itself in /tmp or /var/tmp/ of the form ".FontVal.log". The precise name I don't have it with me, but the name should contain both FontVal and a number . Minor details: the number is the process id, just so it is a different log for different runs - normally only the most recent one is of interest, if something bad happens. /var/tmp is wiped by the OS on reboot, so it does not leave a mess behind.

[DunwichType]

Thanks. I’ll do some more testing on Monday and let you know what happens
and send you any log files. I can also try it on Linux if there’s a distro
that can run it it without me having to start compiling and installing
stuff (dependency hell drives me crazy).

On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 4:13 PM, HinTak notifications@github.com wrote:

BTW, is there any crash messages? On windows, there should be a pop up -
from the OS.

On mac it might be a bit harder, but FontVal 2.0 keeps a log of itself in
/tmp or /var/tmp/ of the form ".FontVal.log". The precise name I don't have
it with me, but the name should contain both FontVal and a number . Minor
details: the number is the process id, just so it is a different log for
different runs - normally only the most recent one is of interest, if
something bad happens. /var/tmp is wiped by the OS on reboot, so it does
not leave a mess behind.

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[HinTak]

On Fedora Linux 24, you should not need to compile anything. You may need to install stuff to run. I think you should be able to get all the runtime dependencies with:

sudo dnf install -y mono\* libgdiplus\* webkit-sharp gtk-sharp2

After this, you should be able to just unzip

https://sourceforge.net/projects/hp-pxl-jetready/files/Microsoft%20Font%20Validator/FontVal-2.0.0-py-bin-net4.zip/download

somewhere, then, depend on your inclination, to launch the GUI and click away:

mono where_you_unzipped/bin/FontVal.exe

or just running the command-line tool against one of your fonts and display the outcome right away:

mono where_you_unzipped/bin/FontValidator.exe -file yourfont.otf -stdout

the rasterization test (for truetype fonts only) depends on a customized version of freetype, so you haven't lost anything. The system's freetype is sufficient to do the rest.

[HinTak]

It has been a month - have you managed to figure out what's wrong?

[HinTak]

@DunwichType - any follow up on your issue? FWIW, the I made two newer snapshot builds (the two most recent here, look at the date column) - for windows:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/hp-pxl-jetready/files/Microsoft%20Font%20Validator/misc/

These might behave differently. Although ideally I'd like to understand how the 2.0 release didn't work on your system.

[HinTak]

@DunwichType - did you get to the bottom of the issue? Anyway, v2.1 is out in a couple of weeks, so I'll just close this unless you have a better idea or more information. Hope you have better luck with v2.1.

[HinTak]

I have another report which seems to suggest the 64-bit windows backend is buggy, but only cause problems for some fonts.
This is a slight variant build of v2.1 which runs in 32-bit mode even on 64-bit host. @DunwichType

https://sourceforge.net/projects/hp-pxl-jetready/files/Microsoft%20Font%20Validator/misc/FontVal-2.1.0-py-bin-net4-x86.zip/download

[HinTak]

Issue likely the 64-bit windows one; the mac one, XIM? The latter is avoided with Georg's GUI.

@DunwichType : Leave a comment if still a problem with 2.1.2