diff -Naur freetype-2.1.3~/src/sfnt/ttload.c freetype-2.1.3/src/sfnt/ttload.c
--- freetype-2.1.3~/src/sfnt/ttload.c	2002-09-29 00:40:57.000000000 +0800
+++ freetype-2.1.3/src/sfnt/ttload.c	2002-12-30 03:55:48.000000000 +0800
@@ -213,10 +213,12 @@
 
         has_head = 1;
 
-        if ( table.Length != 0x36                ||
-             FT_STREAM_SEEK( table.Offset + 12 ) ||
-             FT_READ_ULONG( magic )              ||
-             magic != 0x5F0F3CF5UL               )
+        /* The correct table.Length is 0x36, but some tools may */
+        /* erroneously pad it to a multiple of 4 bytes (0x38)   */
+        if ( table.Length != 0x36 && table.Length != 0x38 ||
+             FT_STREAM_SEEK( table.Offset + 12 )          ||
+             FT_READ_ULONG( magic )                       ||
+             magic != 0x5F0F3CF5UL                        )
           goto Bad_Format;
 
         if ( FT_STREAM_SEEK( offset + 28 + 16*nn ) )