diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
index 6646384..e5c6afb 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
         FT_Face rawFace;
         FT_Error err = FT_Open_Face(gFTLibrary->library(), &args, data->getIndex(), &rawFace);
         if (err) {
-            SkDEBUGF(("ERROR: unable to open font '%x'\n", fontID));
+            SK_TRACEFTR(err, "unable to open font '%x'", fontID);
             return nullptr;
         }
         rec->fFace.reset(rawFace);
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@
         FT_Size size;
         FT_Error err = FT_New_Size(fFaceRec->fFace.get(), &size);
         if (err != 0) {
-            SkDEBUGF(("FT_New_Size(%s) returned 0x%x.\n", fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, err));
+            SK_TRACEFTR(err, "FT_New_Size(%s) failed.", fFaceRec->fFace->family_name);
             return nullptr;
         }
         return size;
@@ -864,15 +864,15 @@
 
     FT_Error err = FT_Activate_Size(ftSize.get());
     if (err != 0) {
-        SkDEBUGF(("FT_Activate_Size(%s) returned 0x%x.\n", fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, err));
+        SK_TRACEFTR(err, "FT_Activate_Size(%s) failed.", fFaceRec->fFace->family_name);
         return;
     }
 
     if (FT_IS_SCALABLE(fFaceRec->fFace)) {
         err = FT_Set_Char_Size(fFaceRec->fFace.get(), scaleX, scaleY, 72, 72);
         if (err != 0) {
-            SkDEBUGF(("FT_Set_CharSize(%s, %f, %f) returned 0x%x.\n",
-                      fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, fScale.fX, fScale.fY, err));
+            SK_TRACEFTR(err, "FT_Set_CharSize(%s, %f, %f) failed.",
+                         fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, fScale.fX, fScale.fY);
             return;
         }
     } else if (FT_HAS_FIXED_SIZES(fFaceRec->fFace)) {
@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@
 
         err = FT_Select_Size(fFaceRec->fFace.get(), fStrikeIndex);
         if (err != 0) {
-            SkDEBUGF(("FT_Select_Size(%s, %d) returned 0x%x.\n",
-                      fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, fStrikeIndex, err));
+            SK_TRACEFTR(err, "FT_Select_Size(%s, %d) failed.",
+                         fFaceRec->fFace->family_name, fStrikeIndex);
             fStrikeIndex = -1;
             return;
         }
@@ -1210,8 +1210,10 @@
 
     FT_Error err = FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, glyph.getGlyphID(), fLoadGlyphFlags);
     if (err != 0) {
-        SkDEBUGF(("SkScalerContext_FreeType::generateImage: FT_Load_Glyph(glyph:%d width:%d height:%d rb:%d flags:%d) returned 0x%x\n",
-                  glyph.getGlyphID(), glyph.fWidth, glyph.fHeight, glyph.rowBytes(), fLoadGlyphFlags, err));
+        SK_TRACEFTR(err, "SkScalerContext_FreeType::generateImage: FT_Load_Glyph(glyph:%d "
+                     "width:%d height:%d rb:%d flags:%d) failed.",
+                     glyph.getGlyphID(), glyph.fWidth, glyph.fHeight, glyph.rowBytes(),
+                     fLoadGlyphFlags);
         clear_glyph_image(glyph);
         return;
     }
@@ -1246,8 +1248,8 @@
     FT_Error err = FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, glyphID, flags);
 
     if (err != 0) {
-        SkDEBUGF(("SkScalerContext_FreeType::generatePath: FT_Load_Glyph(glyph:%d flags:%d) returned 0x%x\n",
-                  glyphID, flags, err));
+        SK_TRACEFTR(err, "SkScalerContext_FreeType::generatePath: FT_Load_Glyph(glyph:%d "
+                     "flags:%d) failed.", glyphID, flags);
         path->reset();
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
index e027c88..c17db94 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@
 
 //#define SK_SHOW_TEXT_BLIT_COVERAGE
 
+#ifdef SK_DEBUG
+const char* SkTraceFtrGetError(int e) {
+    switch ((FT_Error)e) {
+        #undef FTERRORS_H_
+        #define FT_ERRORDEF( e, v, s ) case v: return s;
+        #define FT_ERROR_START_LIST
+        #define FT_ERROR_END_LIST
+        #include FT_ERRORS_H
+        #undef FT_ERRORDEF
+        #undef FT_ERROR_START_LIST
+        #undef FT_ERROR_END_LIST
+        default: return "";
+    }
+}
+#endif  // SK_DEBUG
+
 namespace {
 
 FT_Pixel_Mode compute_pixel_mode(SkMask::Format format) {
@@ -346,42 +362,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-#ifdef SK_DEBUG
-
-#  define SK_STRING(X) SK_STRING_IMPL(X)
-#  define SK_STRING_IMPL(X) #X
-
-#  undef __FTERRORS_H__
-#  define FT_ERROR_START_LIST
-#  define FT_ERRORDEF(e, v, s)  { SK_STRING(e), s },
-#  define FT_ERROR_END_LIST
-
-const struct {
-  const char* err_code;
-  const char* err_msg;
-} sk_ft_errors[] = {
-#  include FT_ERRORS_H
-};
-
-void SkTraceFTR(const char* file, unsigned long line, FT_Error err, const char* msg) {
-    SkString s;
-    s.printf("%s:%lu:1: error: 0x%x ", file, line, err);
-    if (0 <= err && (unsigned)err < SK_ARRAY_COUNT(sk_ft_errors)) {
-        s.appendf("%s '%s' ", sk_ft_errors[err].err_code, sk_ft_errors[err].err_msg);
-    } else {
-        s.appendf("<unknown> ");
-    }
-    if (msg) {
-        s.appendf("%s", msg);
-    }
-    SkDebugf("%s\n", s.c_str());
-}
-
-#  define SK_TRACEFTR(_err, _msg) SkTraceFTR(__FILE__, __LINE__, _err, _msg)
-#else
-#  define SK_TRACEFTR(_err, _msg) sk_ignore_unused_variable(_err)
-#endif
-
 }  // namespace
 
 void SkScalerContext_FreeType_Base::generateGlyphImage(
@@ -411,7 +391,7 @@
                 FT_Error err = FT_Render_Glyph(face->glyph, doVert ? FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD_V :
                                                                      FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD);
                 if (err) {
-                    SK_TRACEFTR(err, "Could not render glyph.");
+                    SK_TRACEFTR(err, "Could not render glyph %x.", face->glyph);
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.h b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.h
index 5270745..c30d070 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.h
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.h
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
 typedef struct FT_StreamRec_* FT_Stream;
 typedef signed long FT_Pos;
 
+
+#ifdef SK_DEBUG
+const char* SkTraceFtrGetError(int);
+#define SK_TRACEFTR(ERR, MSG, ...) \
+    SkDebugf("%s:%lu:1: error: 0x%x '%s' " MSG "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ERR, \
+            SkTraceFtrGetError((int)(ERR)), __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define SK_TRACEFTR(ERR, ...) do { sk_ignore_unused_variable(ERR); } while (false)
+#endif
+
+
 class SkScalerContext_FreeType_Base : public SkScalerContext {
 protected:
     // See http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-bitmap_handling.html#FT_Bitmap_Embolden