Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

[Steven Tucker <bugtraq-spam () atarimax com>]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Andrew wrote:

> Problem
> -------
>
> The attached OpenType font file will cause Windows to restart
> immediately when the file is opened by the default viewer (fontview).
> I doubt anyone would suspect a "harmless" little font file of being
> able to cause such a thing to happen!
>
> Fix
> ---
> No fix known.

        On XP Professional SP1 it causes a bugcheck in ATMFD.DLL.  According
 to the properties for this DLL this is the Adobe Type Manager driver.

        The bugcheck code is PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA @ Base+0x28A75. 

        You can delete the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Font Drivers
        
        This will eliminate the immediate problem, but will remove type 1 
 font support.

Steve