From f6b1563e0dc4e396264d62598cac856b0959c0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Just <Just@4cde692c-a291-49d1-8350-778aa11640f8>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:33:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] removed an assert that was too strict

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/fonttools/code/trunk@116 4cde692c-a291-49d1-8350-778aa11640f8
---
 Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py
index dfb12ec06..57b81c474 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ class cmap_format_6(CmapSubtable):
 		firstCode = int(firstCode)
 		self.version = int(version)
 		data = data[10:]
-		assert len(data) == 2 * entryCount
+		#assert len(data) == 2 * entryCount  # XXX not true in Apple's Helvetica!!!
 		glyphIndexArray = array.array("H")
-		glyphIndexArray.fromstring(data)
+		glyphIndexArray.fromstring(data[:2 * entryCount])
 		if ttLib.endian <> "big":
 			glyphIndexArray.byteswap()
 		self.cmap = cmap = {}