Thank you Olle, I can reproduce the crash without problems with that recipe. Here’s a patch that addresses it for me; please check if it works for you. diff -r 8418d1ad4944 src/ChangeLog --- a/src/ChangeLog Sun Nov 02 00:34:13 2008 +0900 +++ b/src/ChangeLog Sat Jan 10 22:50:17 2009 +0000 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,8 ＠＠ +2009-01-10 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; + + * objects-msw.c (mswindows_font_spec_matches_charset_stage_2): + Accept msprinter as well as mswindows devices here. + 2008-11-01 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * regex.c (re_search_2): Fix at_dot by changing charpos to bytepos. diff -r 8418d1ad4944 src/objects-msw.c --- a/src/objects-msw.c Sun Nov 02 00:34:13 2008 +0900 +++ b/src/objects-msw.c Sat Jan 10 22:50:17 2009 +0000 ＠＠ -2064,8 +2064,21 ＠＠ else { HDC hdc = CreateCompatibleDC (NULL); - Lisp_Object font_list = DEVICE_MSWINDOWS_FONTLIST (d); - Lisp_Object truename; + Lisp_Object font_list = Qnil, truename; + + if (DEVICE_TYPE_P (d, mswindows)) + { + font_list = DEVICE_MSWINDOWS_FONTLIST (d); + } + else if (DEVICE_TYPE_P (d, msprinter)) + { + font_list = DEVICE_MSPRINTER_FONTLIST (d); + } + else + { + assert(0); + } + HFONT hfont = create_hfont_from_font_spec (the_nonreloc, hdc, Qnil, font_list, ERROR_ME_DEBUG_WARN,