[Image-SIG] Python crashes on FreeType bindings -- replicable

[Fredrik Lundh]

Adam Twardoch wrote:

> I'm getting many crashes when using the FreeType bindings in PIL with 
> Python on Windows XP.
> 
> The crashes are consistant, on certain glyphs in certain fonts. At 
> http://www.twardoch.com/tmp/crashPilFont.zip there is a small archive 
> that contains a Python script, the binary libraries, some fonts of which 
> one causes a crash (the italic)

this is a bug in PIL's font rendering code; see

     http://effbot.python-hosting.com/ticket/49

and also

     http://effbot.python-hosting.com/ticket/43

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