diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/E_B_D_T_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/E_B_D_T_.py
index 42d10700d..535f98fd8 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/E_B_D_T_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/E_B_D_T_.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def _memoize(f):
     class memodict(dict):
         def __missing__(self, key):
             ret = f(key)
-            if len(key) == 1:
+            if isinstance(key, int) or len(key) == 1:
                 self[key] = ret
             return ret
 
@@ -271,7 +271,13 @@ def _memoize(f):
 # opposite of what makes sense algorithmically and hence this function.
 @_memoize
 def _reverseBytes(data):
-    if len(data) != 1:
+    r"""
+    >>> bin(ord(_reverseBytes(0b00100111)))
+    '0b11100100'
+    >>> _reverseBytes(b'\x00\xf0')
+    b'\x00\x0f'
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, bytes) and len(data) != 1:
         return bytesjoin(map(_reverseBytes, data))
     byte = byteord(data)
     result = 0
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6fbd64882..bcb7f0d47 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -253,17 +253,16 @@ Acknowledgements
 In alphabetical order:
 
 aschmitz, Olivier Berten, Samyak Bhuta, Erik van Blokland, Petr van Blokland,
-Jelle Bosma, Sascha Brawer, Tom Byrer, Antonio Cavedoni, Frédéric
-Coiffier, Vincent Connare, David Corbett, Simon Cozens, Dave Crossland,
-Simon Daniels, Peter Dekkers, Behdad Esfahbod, Behnam Esfahbod, Hannes
-Famira, Sam Fishman, Matt Fontaine, Takaaki Fuji, Yannis Haralambous, Greg
-Hitchcock, Jeremie Hornus, Khaled Hosny, John Hudson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye,
-Jack Jansen, Tom Kacvinsky, Jens Kutilek, Antoine Leca, Werner Lemberg, Tal
-Leming, Peter Lofting, Cosimo Lupo, Olli Meier, Masaya Nakamura, Dave Opstad,
-Laurence Penney, Roozbeh Pournader, Garret Rieger, Read Roberts, Colin Rofls,
-Guido van Rossum, Just van Rossum, Andreas Seidel, Georg Seifert, Chris
-Simpkins, Miguel Sousa, Adam Twardoch, Adrien Tétar, Vitaly Volkov,
-Paul Wise.
+Jelle Bosma, Sascha Brawer, Tom Byrer, Antonio Cavedoni, Frédéric Coiffier,
+Vincent Connare, David Corbett, Simon Cozens, Dave Crossland, Simon Daniels,
+Peter Dekkers, Behdad Esfahbod, Behnam Esfahbod, Hannes Famira, Sam Fishman,
+Matt Fontaine, Takaaki Fuji, Rob Hagemans, Yannis Haralambous, Greg Hitchcock,
+Jeremie Hornus, Khaled Hosny, John Hudson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, Jack Jansen,
+Tom Kacvinsky, Jens Kutilek, Antoine Leca, Werner Lemberg, Tal Leming, Peter
+Lofting, Cosimo Lupo, Olli Meier, Masaya Nakamura, Dave Opstad, Laurence Penney,
+Roozbeh Pournader, Garret Rieger, Read Roberts, Colin Rofls, Guido van Rossum,
+Just van Rossum, Andreas Seidel, Georg Seifert, Chris Simpkins, Miguel Sousa,
+Adam Twardoch, Adrien Tétar, Vitaly Volkov, Paul Wise.
 
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