I can make xfs crash. 1. Fire up GIMP. 2. New image. 3. Text tool, click in image. 4. Type 'FBI' in sampler. 5. Select 28 point size. 6. Select 'Rabbitears' font (a free font; I'll attach it). 7. Boom.
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Created attachment 9001 [details] Rabbit ear font
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This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Release-Candidate #1
This happens with any TrueType font, using any program to access it in any way. Btw: Are you sure the font is really free? If so, we might want to add it to the ttfonts package. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22538 ***