>>> The font has three charmaps:
>>>
>>> Charmap 0: FT_ENCODING_APPLE_ROMAN
>>> Charmap 1: FT_ENCODING_MS_SYMBOL
>>> Charmap 2: FT_ENCODING_UNICODE
>>
>> Really? If I open the font with FreeType, `face->num_charmaps` has
>> value 2...
>
> Not here. It's definitely 3 here. But I have to say that I'm still
> on freetype 2.5.4. Maybe something has changed?
Ouch. This version is almost six years old. Yes, it looks like there
was a bug in FreeType that has been fixed meanwhile. Please upgrade
and try again.
Werner