--- xfont/fontfile/fontdir.c	7 Jul 2003 16:40:11 -0000	3.22
+++ xfont/fontfile/fontdir.c	27 Sep 2004 12:11:37 -0000
@@ -699,6 +699,11 @@
      */
     if (isscale)
     {
+      /* If the fontname says it is scalable, make sure that the
+       * renderer supports OpenScalable and GetInfoScalable.
+       */
+      if (renderer->OpenScalable && renderer->GetInfoScalable)
+      {
 	if (vals.values_supplied & SIZE_SPECIFY_MASK)
 	{
 	    bzero((char *)&zeroVals, sizeof(zeroVals));
@@ -798,6 +803,7 @@
                                            bitmap->name.name);
             }
 	}
+      }
     }
     return TRUE;
 }