diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9961600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# What is sfntly?
+
+sfntly is pronounced "esfontlee".
+
+sfntly is a Java and C++ library for using, editing, and creating sfnt container based fonts (e.g. OpenType, TrueType). This library was initially created by Google's Font Team and the C++ port was done by the Chrome team. It has been made open source.
+
+The basic features of sfntly are the reading, editing, and writing of an sfnt container font. Fonts that use an sfnt container include OpenType, TrueType, AAT/GX, and Graphite. sfntly isn't itself a tool that is usable by an end user - it is a library that allows software developers to build tools that manipulate fonts in ways that haven't been easily accessible to most developers. The sfntly library is available in Java with a partial C++ port. However, we have included some font tools that are built on top of sfntly: a font subsetter, font dumper, a font linter, some compression utilities.
+
+The uses of sfntly are really anything that you can think of that involves reading and/or editing fonts. Right now, the Java version is the core library used to power Google's Web Fonts project. There it is used for all font manipulation - to read font data, to pull apart fonts, and to then reassemble them before they are streamed out to a user. Portions of the font that are not needed - specific glyph ranges or features - are stripped using sfntly to minimize the size of the streamed font. The C++ port is used somewhat similarly within Chrome to subset fonts for insertion into a PDF for viewing or printing. Though the features stripped in the font are different in Chrome than in Web Fonts because the end use is different.
+
+Using sfntly you can read and extract any of the tables in a font. The tables are the individual data structures within the font for each of the features and functionality: glyph outlines, character maps, kerning, meta data, etc. If you look over the OpenType and TrueType specs, you will see a number of categories of tables. sfntly currently supports all of the required tables, the TrueType outline tables, bitmap glyph tables, and a couple of the other miscellaneous tables. This level of support provides for many of the needs developers have related to the informational reading of font data. It also covers a lot of the editing needs.
+
+To get started with sfntly: clone the repository and follow the quickstart.txt guide in the Java directory
+
+have fun
+
+Stuart Gill - sfntly Architect and Lead Developer
diff --git a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.cc b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.cc
index 14f5494..0f9bc13 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.cc
@@ -37,3 +37,24 @@
 
   return subsetter.SubsetFont(glyph_ids, glyph_count, output_buffer);
 }
+
+int SfntlyWrapper::SubsetFont(int font_index,
+                              const unsigned char* original_font,
+                              size_t font_size,
+                              const unsigned int* glyph_ids,
+                              size_t glyph_count,
+                              unsigned char** output_buffer) {
+  if (output_buffer == NULL ||
+      original_font == NULL || font_size == 0 ||
+      glyph_ids == NULL || glyph_count == 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  sfntly::SubsetterImpl subsetter;
+  if (!subsetter.LoadFont(font_index, original_font, font_size)) {
+    return -1;  // Load error or font not found.
+  }
+
+  return subsetter.SubsetFont(glyph_ids, glyph_count, output_buffer);
+}
+
diff --git a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.h b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.h
index 07b1b5b..c8e65e2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/font_subsetter.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #ifndef SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_TEST_FONT_SUBSETTER_H_
 #define SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_TEST_FONT_SUBSETTER_H_
 
-#include <cstddef>
+#include <stddef.h>
 
 class SfntlyWrapper {
  public:
@@ -46,6 +46,30 @@
                         const unsigned int* glyph_ids,
                         size_t glyph_count,
                         unsigned char** output_buffer);
+
+
+  // Font subsetting API
+  //
+  // Input TTF/TTC/OTF fonts, specify the glyph IDs to subset, and the subset
+  // font is returned in |output_buffer| (caller to delete[]).  Return value is
+  // the length of output_buffer allocated.
+  //
+  // If subsetting fails, a negative value is returned.  If none of the glyph
+  // IDs specified is found, the function will return 0.
+  //
+  // |font_name|      Font index, ignored for non-TTC files, 0-indexed.
+  // |original_font|  Original font file contents.
+  // |font_size|      Size of |original_font| in bytes.
+  // |glyph_ids|      Glyph IDs to subset.  If the specified glyph ID is not
+  //                  found in the font file, it will be ignored silently.
+  // |glyph_count|    Number of glyph IDs in |glyph_ids|
+  // |output_buffer|  Generated subset font.  Caller to delete[].
+  static int SubsetFont(int font_index,
+                        const unsigned char* original_font,
+                        size_t font_size,
+                        const unsigned int* glyph_ids,
+                        size_t glyph_count,
+                        unsigned char** output_buffer);
 };
 
 #endif  // SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_TEST_FONT_SUBSETTER_H_
diff --git a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.cc b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.cc
index 528e336..c53e607 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.cc
@@ -616,6 +616,24 @@
 SubsetterImpl::~SubsetterImpl() {
 }
 
+bool SubsetterImpl::LoadFont(int font_index,
+                             const unsigned char* original_font,
+                             size_t font_size) {
+  MemoryInputStream mis;
+  mis.Attach(original_font, font_size);
+  if (factory_ == NULL) {
+    factory_.Attach(FontFactory::GetInstance());
+  }
+
+  FontArray font_array;
+  factory_->LoadFonts(&mis, &font_array);
+  if (font_index < 0 || (size_t)font_index >= font_array.size()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  font_ = font_array[font_index].p_;
+  return font_ != NULL;
+}
+
 bool SubsetterImpl::LoadFont(const char* font_name,
                              const unsigned char* original_font,
                              size_t font_size) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.h b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.h
index ffbf408..738a8d4 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sample/chromium/subsetter_impl.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
   bool LoadFont(const char* font_name,
                 const unsigned char* original_font,
                 size_t font_size);
+  bool LoadFont(int font_index,
+                const unsigned char* original_font,
+                size_t font_size);
   int SubsetFont(const unsigned int* glyph_ids,
                  size_t glyph_count,
                  unsigned char** output_buffer);
diff --git a/cpp/src/sample/subtly/font_assembler.cc b/cpp/src/sample/subtly/font_assembler.cc
index 2f7cd11..4717512 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sample/subtly/font_assembler.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sample/subtly/font_assembler.cc
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@
     // If there are missing glyphs between the last glyph_id and the
     // current resolved_glyph_id, since the LOCA table needs to have the same
     // size, the offset is kept the same.
+    loca_list.resize(std::max(loca_list.size(),
+                     static_cast<size_t>(resolved_glyph_id + 2)));
     for (int32_t i = last_glyph_id + 1; i <= resolved_glyph_id; ++i)
       loca_list[i] = last_offset;
     last_offset += length;
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc
index 915a40c..57f9eed 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 }
 
 int32_t ByteArray::Get(int32_t index) {
+  if (index < 0 || index >= Length())
+    return -1;
   return InternalGet(index) & 0xff;
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.cc
index d2b95ea..95bee3e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.cc
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#include <limits.h>
+#include "sfntly/data/font_data.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>
+#include <limits>
 
-#include "sfntly/data/font_data.h"
+#include "sfntly/port/logging.h"
 
 namespace sfntly {
 
@@ -26,21 +28,29 @@
   return std::min<int32_t>(array_->Size() - bound_offset_, bound_length_);
 }
 
-bool FontData::Bound(int32_t offset, int32_t length) {
-  if (offset + length > Size() || offset < 0 || length < 0)
-    return false;
+void FontData::Bound(int32_t offset, int32_t length) {
+  // Inputs should not be negative.
+  CHECK(offset >= 0);
+  CHECK(length >= 0);
 
-  bound_offset_ += offset;
+  // Check to make sure |bound_offset_| will not overflow.
+  CHECK(bound_offset_ <= std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max() - offset);
+  const int32_t new_offset = bound_offset_ + offset;
+
+  if (length == GROWABLE_SIZE) {
+    // When |length| has the special value of GROWABLE_SIZE, it means the size
+    // should not have any artificial limits, thus it is just the underlying
+    // |array_|'s size. Just make sure |new_offset| is still within bounds.
+    CHECK(new_offset <= array_->Size());
+  } else {
+    // When |length| has any other value, |new_offset| + |length| points to the
+    // end of the array. Make sure that is within bounds, but use subtraction to
+    // avoid an integer overflow.
+    CHECK(new_offset <= array_->Size() - length);
+  }
+
+  bound_offset_ = new_offset;
   bound_length_ = length;
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool FontData::Bound(int32_t offset) {
-if (offset > Size() || offset < 0)
-    return false;
-
-  bound_offset_ += offset;
-  return true;
 }
 
 int32_t FontData::Length() const {
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@
   Init(data->array_);
   Bound(data->bound_offset_ + offset,
         (data->bound_length_ == GROWABLE_SIZE)
-            ? GROWABLE_SIZE : data->bound_length_ - offset);
+        ? GROWABLE_SIZE : data->bound_length_ - offset);
 }
 
 FontData::~FontData() {}
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.h
index d02e8b7..e0e7e79 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/font_data.h
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "sfntly/port/type.h"
 #include "sfntly/data/byte_array.h"
 #include "sfntly/port/refcount.h"
+#include "sfntly/port/type.h"
 
 namespace sfntly {
 
@@ -60,16 +58,7 @@
   // visible within the bounds set.
   // @param offset the start of the new bounds
   // @param length the number of bytes in the bounded array
-  // @return true if the bounding range was successful; false otherwise
-  virtual bool Bound(int32_t offset, int32_t length);
-
-  // Sets limits on the size of the FontData. This is a offset bound only so if
-  // the FontData is writable and growable then there is no limit to that growth
-  // from the bounding operation.
-  // @param offset the start of the new bounds which must be within the current
-  //        size of the FontData
-  // @return true if the bounding range was successful; false otherwise
-  virtual bool Bound(int32_t offset);
+  virtual void Bound(int32_t offset, int32_t length);
 
   // Makes a slice of this FontData. The returned slice will share the data with
   // the original <code>FontData</code>.
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.cc
index 06d783f..07a0db6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include <limits>
+
 #include "sfntly/data/memory_byte_array.h"
 #include "sfntly/data/writable_font_data.h"
 #include "sfntly/port/exception_type.h"
@@ -59,23 +61,25 @@
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadUByte(int32_t index) {
   int32_t b = array_->Get(BoundOffset(index));
-#if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
   if (b < 0) {
+#if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
     throw IndexOutOfBoundException(
         "Index attempted to be read from is out of bounds", index);
-  }
 #endif
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  }
   return b;
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadByte(int32_t index) {
   int32_t b = array_->Get(BoundOffset(index));
-#if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
   if (b < 0) {
+#if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
     throw IndexOutOfBoundException(
         "Index attempted to be read from is out of bounds", index);
-  }
 #endif
+    return kInvalidByte;
+  }
   return (b << 24) >> 24;
 }
 
@@ -91,24 +95,54 @@
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadUShort(int32_t index) {
-  return 0xffff & (ReadUByte(index) << 8 | ReadUByte(index + 1));
+  int32_t b1 = ReadUByte(index);
+  if (b1 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  return 0xffff & (b1 << 8 | b2);
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadShort(int32_t index) {
-  return ((ReadByte(index) << 8 | ReadUByte(index + 1)) << 16) >> 16;
+  int32_t b1 = ReadByte(index);
+  if (b1 == kInvalidByte)
+    return kInvalidShort;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidShort;
+
+  uint32_t result = static_cast<uint32_t>(b1) << 8 | b2;
+  return static_cast<int32_t>(result << 16) >> 16;
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadUInt24(int32_t index) {
-  return 0xffffff & (ReadUByte(index) << 16 |
-                     ReadUByte(index + 1) << 8 |
-                     ReadUByte(index + 2));
+  int32_t b1 = ReadUByte(index);
+  if (b1 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b3 = ReadUByte(index + 2);
+  if (b3 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  return 0xffffff & (b1 << 16 | b2 << 8 | b3);
 }
 
 int64_t ReadableFontData::ReadULong(int32_t index) {
-  return 0xffffffffL & (ReadUByte(index) << 24 |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 1) << 16 |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 2) << 8 |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 3));
+  int32_t b1 = ReadUByte(index);
+  if (b1 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b3 = ReadUByte(index + 2);
+  if (b3 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b4 = ReadUByte(index + 3);
+  if (b4 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  return 0xffffffffL & (b1 << 24 | b2 << 16 | b3 << 8 | b4);
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadULongAsInt(int32_t index) {
@@ -122,17 +156,35 @@
 }
 
 int64_t ReadableFontData::ReadULongLE(int32_t index) {
-  return 0xffffffffL & (ReadUByte(index) |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 1) << 8 |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 2) << 16 |
-                        ReadUByte(index + 3) << 24);
+  int32_t b1 = ReadUByte(index);
+  if (b1 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b3 = ReadUByte(index + 2);
+  if (b3 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  int32_t b4 = ReadUByte(index + 3);
+  if (b4 < 0)
+    return kInvalidUnsigned;
+  return 0xffffffffL & (b1 | b2 << 8 | b3 << 16 | b4 << 24);
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadLong(int32_t index) {
-  return ReadByte(index) << 24 |
-         ReadUByte(index + 1) << 16 |
-         ReadUByte(index + 2) << 8 |
-         ReadUByte(index + 3);
+  int32_t b1 = ReadByte(index);
+  if (b1 == kInvalidByte)
+    return kInvalidLong;
+  int32_t b2 = ReadUByte(index + 1);
+  if (b2 < 0)
+    return kInvalidLong;
+  int32_t b3 = ReadUByte(index + 2);
+  if (b3 < 0)
+    return kInvalidLong;
+  int32_t b4 = ReadUByte(index + 3);
+  if (b4 < 0)
+    return kInvalidLong;
+  return static_cast<uint32_t>(b1) << 24 | b2 << 16 | b3 << 8 | b4;
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadFixed(int32_t index) {
@@ -140,7 +192,13 @@
 }
 
 int64_t ReadableFontData::ReadDateTimeAsLong(int32_t index) {
-  return (int64_t)ReadULong(index) << 32 | ReadULong(index + 4);
+  int32_t high = ReadULong(index);
+  if (high == kInvalidUnsigned)
+    return kInvalidLongDateTime;
+  int32_t low = ReadULong(index + 4);
+  if (low == kInvalidUnsigned)
+    return kInvalidLongDateTime;
+  return (int64_t)high << 32 | low;
 }
 
 int32_t ReadableFontData::ReadFWord(int32_t index) {
@@ -187,12 +245,11 @@
 #if defined (SFNTLY_DEBUG_FONTDATA)
       fprintf(stderr, "**start: %d; end: %d\n", location_start, location_end);
 #endif
-      if (key <= location_end) {
+      if (key <= location_end)
         return location;
-      } else {
-        // location is above the current location
-        bottom = location + 1;
-      }
+
+      // location is above the current location
+      bottom = location + 1;
     }
   }
   return -1;
@@ -208,14 +265,15 @@
   while (top != bottom) {
     location = (top + bottom) / 2;
     int32_t location_start = ReadUShort(start_index + location * start_offset);
+    if (key == location_start)
+      return location;
+
     if (key < location_start) {
       // location is below current location
       top = location;
-    } else if (key > location_start) {
+    } else {
       // location is above current location
       bottom = location + 1;
-    } else {
-      return location;
     }
   }
   return -1;
@@ -243,12 +301,11 @@
 #if defined (SFNTLY_DEBUG_FONTDATA)
       fprintf(stderr, "**start: %d; end: %d\n", location_start, location_end);
 #endif
-      if (key <= location_end) {
+      if (key <= location_end)
         return location;
-      } else {
-        // location is above the current location
-        bottom = location + 1;
-      }
+
+      // location is above the current location
+      bottom = location + 1;
     }
   }
   return -1;
@@ -256,7 +313,9 @@
 
 CALLER_ATTACH FontData* ReadableFontData::Slice(int32_t offset,
                                                 int32_t length) {
-  if (offset < 0 || offset + length > Size()) {
+  if (offset < 0 || length < 0 ||
+      offset > std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max() - length ||
+      offset + length > Size()) {
 #if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
     throw IndexOutOfBoundsException(
         "Attempt to bind data outside of its limits");
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.h
index b43c626..37a0918 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/readable_font_data.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 namespace sfntly {
 
-class WritableFontData;
 class OutputStream;
+class WritableFontData;
 
 // Writable font data wrapper. Supports reading of data primitives in the
 // TrueType / OpenType spec.
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
   explicit ReadableFontData(ByteArray* array);
   virtual ~ReadableFontData();
 
+  static const int32_t kInvalidByte = 128;
+  static const int32_t kInvalidShort = 32768;
+  static const int32_t kInvalidLong = 0xffffffff;
+  static const int32_t kInvalidUnsigned = -1;
+  static const int64_t kInvalidLongDateTime = -1;
+
   static CALLER_ATTACH ReadableFontData* CreateReadableFontData(ByteVector* b);
 
   // Gets a computed checksum for the data. This checksum uses the OpenType spec
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@
 
   // Read the BYTE at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the BYTE
+  // @return the BYTE; |kInvalidByte| if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadByte(int32_t index);
 
@@ -94,31 +100,31 @@
 
   // Read the CHAR at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the CHAR
+  // @return the CHAR; -1 if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadChar(int32_t index);
 
   // Read the USHORT at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the USHORT
+  // @return the USHORT; -1 if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadUShort(int32_t index);
 
   // Read the SHORT at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the SHORT
+  // @return the SHORT; |kInvalidShort| if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadShort(int32_t index);
 
   // Read the UINT24 at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the UINT24
+  // @return the UINT24; -1 if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadUInt24(int32_t index);
 
   // Read the ULONG at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the ULONG
+  // @return the ULONG; kInvalidUnsigned if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int64_t ReadULong(int32_t index);
 
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@
 
   // Read the LONG at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the LONG
+  // @return the LONG; kInvalidLong if outside the bounds of the font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int32_t ReadLong(int32_t index);
 
@@ -148,7 +154,8 @@
 
   // Read the LONGDATETIME at the given index.
   // @param index index into the font data
-  // @return the LONGDATETIME
+  // @return the LONGDATETIME; kInvalidLongDateTime if outside the bounds of the
+  // font data
   // @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is outside the FontData's range
   virtual int64_t ReadDateTimeAsLong(int32_t index);
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/writable_font_data.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/writable_font_data.cc
index 7f6f72f..073e9df 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/data/writable_font_data.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/data/writable_font_data.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 #include "sfntly/data/writable_font_data.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <limits>
+
 #include "sfntly/data/memory_byte_array.h"
 #include "sfntly/data/growable_memory_byte_array.h"
 
@@ -165,7 +168,9 @@
 
 CALLER_ATTACH FontData* WritableFontData::Slice(int32_t offset,
                                                 int32_t length) {
-  if (offset < 0 || offset + length > Size()) {
+  if (offset < 0 || length < 0 ||
+      offset > std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max() - length ||
+      offset + length > Size()) {
 #if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
     throw IndexOutOfBoundsException(
         "Attempt to bind data outside of its limits");
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@
 }
 
 CALLER_ATTACH FontData* WritableFontData::Slice(int32_t offset) {
-  if (offset > Size()) {
+  if (offset < 0 || offset > Size()) {
 #if !defined (SFNTLY_NO_EXCEPTION)
     throw IndexOutOfBoundsException(
         "Attempt to bind data outside of its limits");
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/font.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/font.cc
index 347e0c1..ca35048 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/font.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/font.cc
@@ -40,24 +40,27 @@
 
 namespace sfntly {
 
-const int32_t SFNTVERSION_MAJOR = 1;
-const int32_t SFNTVERSION_MINOR = 0;
+namespace {
+
+const int32_t kSFNTVersionMajor = 1;
+const int32_t kSFNTVersionMinor = 0;
+
+const int32_t kMaxTableSize = 200 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+}  // namespace
 
 /******************************************************************************
  * Font class
  ******************************************************************************/
 Font::~Font() {}
 
-bool Font::HasTable(int32_t tag) {
-  TableMap::const_iterator result = tables_.find(tag);
-  TableMap::const_iterator end = tables_.end();
-  return (result != end);
+bool Font::HasTable(int32_t tag) const {
+  return tables_.find(tag) != tables_.end();
 }
 
 Table* Font::GetTable(int32_t tag) {
-  if (!HasTable(tag)) {
+  if (!HasTable(tag))
     return NULL;
-  }
   return tables_[tag];
 }
 
@@ -308,15 +311,12 @@
 }
 
 void Font::Builder::RemoveTableBuilder(int32_t tag) {
-  TableBuilderMap::iterator target = table_builders_.find(tag);
-  if (target != table_builders_.end()) {
-    table_builders_.erase(target);
-  }
+  table_builders_.erase(tag);
 }
 
 Font::Builder::Builder(FontFactory* factory)
     : factory_(factory),
-      sfnt_version_(Fixed1616::Fixed(SFNTVERSION_MAJOR, SFNTVERSION_MINOR)) {
+      sfnt_version_(Fixed1616::Fixed(kSFNTVersionMajor, kSFNTVersionMinor)) {
 }
 
 void Font::Builder::LoadFont(InputStream* is) {
@@ -393,57 +393,66 @@
 }
 
 static Table::Builder* GetBuilder(TableBuilderMap* builder_map, int32_t tag) {
-  if (builder_map) {
-    TableBuilderMap::iterator target = builder_map->find(tag);
-    if (target != builder_map->end()) {
-      return target->second.p_;
-    }
-  }
+  if (!builder_map)
+    return NULL;
 
-  return NULL;
+  TableBuilderMap::iterator target = builder_map->find(tag);
+  if (target == builder_map->end())
+    return NULL;
+
+  return target->second.p_;
+}
+
+// Like GetBuilder(), but the returned Builder must be able to support reads.
+static Table::Builder* GetReadBuilder(TableBuilderMap* builder_map, int32_t tag) {
+  Table::Builder* builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, tag);
+  if (!builder || !builder->InternalReadData())
+    return NULL;
+
+  return builder;
 }
 
 void Font::Builder::InterRelateBuilders(TableBuilderMap* builder_map) {
-  Table::Builder* raw_head_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::head);
+  Table::Builder* raw_head_builder = GetReadBuilder(builder_map, Tag::head);
   FontHeaderTableBuilderPtr header_table_builder;
   if (raw_head_builder != NULL) {
-      header_table_builder =
-          down_cast<FontHeaderTable::Builder*>(raw_head_builder);
+    header_table_builder =
+        down_cast<FontHeaderTable::Builder*>(raw_head_builder);
   }
 
-  Table::Builder* raw_hhea_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::hhea);
+  Table::Builder* raw_hhea_builder = GetReadBuilder(builder_map, Tag::hhea);
   HorizontalHeaderTableBuilderPtr horizontal_header_builder;
   if (raw_head_builder != NULL) {
-      horizontal_header_builder =
-          down_cast<HorizontalHeaderTable::Builder*>(raw_hhea_builder);
+    horizontal_header_builder =
+        down_cast<HorizontalHeaderTable::Builder*>(raw_hhea_builder);
   }
 
-  Table::Builder* raw_maxp_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::maxp);
+  Table::Builder* raw_maxp_builder = GetReadBuilder(builder_map, Tag::maxp);
   MaximumProfileTableBuilderPtr max_profile_builder;
   if (raw_maxp_builder != NULL) {
-      max_profile_builder =
-          down_cast<MaximumProfileTable::Builder*>(raw_maxp_builder);
+    max_profile_builder =
+        down_cast<MaximumProfileTable::Builder*>(raw_maxp_builder);
   }
 
   Table::Builder* raw_loca_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::loca);
   LocaTableBuilderPtr loca_table_builder;
   if (raw_loca_builder != NULL) {
-      loca_table_builder = down_cast<LocaTable::Builder*>(raw_loca_builder);
+    loca_table_builder = down_cast<LocaTable::Builder*>(raw_loca_builder);
   }
 
   Table::Builder* raw_hmtx_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::hmtx);
   HorizontalMetricsTableBuilderPtr horizontal_metrics_builder;
   if (raw_hmtx_builder != NULL) {
-      horizontal_metrics_builder =
-          down_cast<HorizontalMetricsTable::Builder*>(raw_hmtx_builder);
+    horizontal_metrics_builder =
+        down_cast<HorizontalMetricsTable::Builder*>(raw_hmtx_builder);
   }
 
 #if defined (SFNTLY_EXPERIMENTAL)
   Table::Builder* raw_hdmx_builder = GetBuilder(builder_map, Tag::hdmx);
   HorizontalDeviceMetricsTableBuilderPtr hdmx_table_builder;
   if (raw_hdmx_builder != NULL) {
-      hdmx_table_builder =
-          down_cast<HorizontalDeviceMetricsTable::Builder*>(raw_hdmx_builder);
+    hdmx_table_builder =
+        down_cast<HorizontalDeviceMetricsTable::Builder*>(raw_hdmx_builder);
   }
 #endif
 
@@ -525,32 +534,38 @@
                                   FontInputStream* is,
                                   DataBlockMap* table_data) {
   assert(table_data);
-  for (HeaderOffsetSortedSet::iterator table_header = headers->begin(),
+  for (HeaderOffsetSortedSet::iterator it = headers->begin(),
                                        table_end = headers->end();
-                                       table_header != table_end;
-                                       ++table_header) {
-    is->Skip((*table_header)->offset() - is->position());
-    FontInputStream table_is(is, (*table_header)->length());
+                                       it != table_end;
+                                       ++it) {
+    const Ptr<Header> header = *it;
+    is->Skip(header->offset() - is->position());
+    if (header->length() > kMaxTableSize)
+      continue;
+
+    FontInputStream table_is(is, header->length());
     WritableFontDataPtr data;
-    data.Attach(
-        WritableFontData::CreateWritableFontData((*table_header)->length()));
-    data->CopyFrom(&table_is, (*table_header)->length());
-    table_data->insert(DataBlockEntry(*table_header, data));
+    data.Attach(WritableFontData::CreateWritableFontData(header->length()));
+    data->CopyFrom(&table_is, header->length());
+    table_data->insert(DataBlockEntry(header, data));
   }
 }
 
 void Font::Builder::LoadTableData(HeaderOffsetSortedSet* headers,
                                   WritableFontData* fd,
                                   DataBlockMap* table_data) {
-  for (HeaderOffsetSortedSet::iterator table_header = headers->begin(),
+  for (HeaderOffsetSortedSet::iterator it = headers->begin(),
                                        table_end = headers->end();
-                                       table_header != table_end;
-                                       ++table_header) {
+                                       it != table_end;
+                                       ++it) {
+    const Ptr<Header> header = *it;
+    if (header->length() > kMaxTableSize)
+      continue;
+
     FontDataPtr sliced_data;
-    sliced_data.Attach(
-        fd->Slice((*table_header)->offset(), (*table_header)->length()));
+    sliced_data.Attach(fd->Slice(header->offset(), header->length()));
     WritableFontDataPtr data = down_cast<WritableFontData*>(sliced_data.p_);
-    table_data->insert(DataBlockEntry(*table_header, data));
+    table_data->insert(DataBlockEntry(header, data));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/font.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/font.h
index 975e8cc..2220adb 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/font.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/font.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
   int32_t num_tables() { return (int32_t)tables_.size(); }
 
   // Whether the font has a particular table.
-  bool HasTable(int32_t tag);
+  bool HasTable(int32_t tag) const;
 
   // UNIMPLEMENTED: public Iterator<? extends Table> iterator
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/file_input_stream.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/file_input_stream.cc
index 5bcb434..dfe9a7b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/file_input_stream.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/file_input_stream.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "sfntly/port/file_input_stream.h"
 #include "sfntly/port/exception_type.h"
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/logging.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/logging.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d9e319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/logging.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_SFNTLY_PORT_LOGGING_H_
+#define SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_SFNTLY_PORT_LOGGING_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// Cheap base/logging.h knock off.
+
+#define CHECK(expr) \
+    if (!(expr)) { \
+      printf("CHECK failed\n"); \
+      abort(); \
+    }
+
+#endif  // SFNTLY_CPP_SRC_SFNTLY_PORT_LOGGING_H_
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/memory_input_stream.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/memory_input_stream.cc
index 56ee81e..f6f2b9b 100755
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/memory_input_stream.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/memory_input_stream.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "sfntly/port/memory_input_stream.h"
 #include "sfntly/port/exception_type.h"
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/refcount.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/refcount.h
index eed5162..6353b08 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/refcount.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/refcount.h
@@ -99,22 +99,18 @@
 
 namespace sfntly {
 
+template <typename T>
+class Ptr;
+
 class RefCount {
  public:
   // Make gcc -Wnon-virtual-dtor happy.
   virtual ~RefCount() {}
 
-  virtual size_t AddRef() const = 0;
-  virtual size_t Release() const = 0;
-};
-
-template <typename T>
-class NoAddRefRelease : public T {
- public:
-  NoAddRefRelease();
-  ~NoAddRefRelease();
-
  private:
+  template <typename T>
+  friend class Ptr;
+
   virtual size_t AddRef() const = 0;
   virtual size_t Release() const = 0;
 };
@@ -142,6 +138,7 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
+ private:
   virtual size_t AddRef() const {
     size_t new_count = AtomicIncrement(&ref_count_);
     DEBUG_OUTPUT("A ");
@@ -224,8 +221,8 @@
     return *p_;  // It can throw!
   }
 
-  NoAddRefRelease<T>* operator->() const {
-    return (NoAddRefRelease<T>*)p_;  // It can throw!
+  T* operator->() const {
+    return p_;  // It can throw!
   }
 
   bool operator!() const {
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/type.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/type.h
index 20a5ba8..9f82a5a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/port/type.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/port/type.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   #include <stdint.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <cstddef>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include <set>
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.cc
index 60015ca..a848afd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.cc
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@
 }
 
 int32_t FontHeaderTable::Builder::IndexToLocFormat() {
-  return down_cast<FontHeaderTable*>(GetTable())->IndexToLocFormat();
+  Table* table = GetTable();
+  if (!table)
+    return IndexToLocFormat::kInvalidOffset;
+  return down_cast<FontHeaderTable*>(table)->IndexToLocFormat();
 }
 
 void FontHeaderTable::Builder::SetIndexToLocFormat(int32_t format) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.h b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.h
index 841955b..4851775 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.h
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/font_header_table.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 struct IndexToLocFormat {
   enum {
+    kInvalidOffset = -1,
     kShortOffset = 0,
     kLongOffset = 1
   };
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/name_table.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/name_table.cc
index 8d2f64f..c9fe468 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/name_table.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/name_table.cc
@@ -469,12 +469,14 @@
 
 void NameTable::NameAsBytes(int32_t index, ByteVector* b) {
   assert(b);
-  int32_t length = NameLength(index);
   b->clear();
+
+  int32_t length = NameLength(index);
+  if (length <= 0)
+    return;
+
   b->resize(length);
-  if (length > 0) {
-    data_->ReadBytes(NameOffset(index), &((*b)[0]), 0, length);
-  }
+  data_->ReadBytes(NameOffset(index), &((*b)[0]), 0, length);
 }
 
 void NameTable::NameAsBytes(int32_t platform_id,
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/os2_table.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/os2_table.cc
index 7ca9d9a..1fef309 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/os2_table.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/core/os2_table.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "sfntly/table/core/os2_table.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 namespace sfntly {
 /******************************************************************************
  * Constants
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/table_based_table_builder.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/table_based_table_builder.cc
index b505704..51a5a3b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/table_based_table_builder.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/table_based_table_builder.cc
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@
 }
 
 Table* TableBasedTableBuilder::GetTable() {
-  if (table_ == NULL) {
-    table_.Attach(down_cast<Table*>(SubBuildTable(InternalReadData())));
+  if (!table_) {
+    ReadableFontData* data = InternalReadData();
+    if (data)
+      table_.Attach(down_cast<Table*>(SubBuildTable(data)));
   }
   return table_;
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/truetype/glyph_table.cc b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/truetype/glyph_table.cc
index f38fac5..0c1e841 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sfntly/table/truetype/glyph_table.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/sfntly/table/truetype/glyph_table.cc
@@ -215,10 +215,11 @@
 
   ReadableFontDataPtr sliced_data;
   sliced_data.Attach(down_cast<ReadableFontData*>(data->Slice(offset, length)));
-  if (type == GlyphType::kSimple) {
-    glyph = new SimpleGlyph(sliced_data);
-  } else {
-    glyph = new CompositeGlyph(sliced_data);
+  if (sliced_data) {
+    if (type == GlyphType::kSimple)
+      glyph = new SimpleGlyph(sliced_data);
+    else
+      glyph = new CompositeGlyph(sliced_data);
   }
   return glyph.Detach();
 }