--- truetype.cpp	2021-08-08 22:09:39.000000000 -0400
+++ truetype.cpp	2023-04-07 09:05:58.829873766 -0400
@@ -1998,18 +1998,61 @@
             if (flags & ARG_1_AND_2_ARE_WORDS)
             {
 #ifdef TTF_DEBUG
-                Debug_Info("ARG_1_AND_2_ARE_WORDS ");
+                Debug_Info("ARG_1_AND_2_ARE_WORDS\n");
 #endif
-                arg1 = READSHORT(ffile->fp);
-                arg2 = READSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                if (flags & ARGS_ARE_XY_VALUES)
+                {  // Values are int16_t
+                    arg1 = READSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                    arg2 = READSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                }
+                else
+                {  // Values are uint16_t
+                    arg1 = READUSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                    arg1 = READUSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                arg1 = READUSHORT(ffile->fp);
-                arg2 = arg1 & 0xFF;
-                arg1 = (arg1 >> 8) & 0xFF;
+#ifdef TTF_DEBUG
+                Debug_Info("ARG_1_AND_2_ARE_BYTES\n");
+#endif
+                if (flags & ARGS_ARE_XY_VALUES)
+                {  // Values are int8_t * 2
+
+                    union uC {
+                        int8_t buffer[2];
+                        uint16_t value;
+                    } u;
+                    u.value = READUSHORT(ffile->fp);
+
+                    // Determine this machine's endianness. Method used herein
+                    // derived from netpbm's pamtopfm converter by: Bryan
+                    // Henderson, San Jose, CA April 2004. Code was contributed
+                    // to the public domain.
+                    short const testNumber = 0x0001;
+                    unsigned char* const storedNumber = (unsigned char *)&testNumber;
+                    int BigEndian = (storedNumber[0] == 0x01) ? 0 : 1;
+
+                    if (BigEndian)
+                    {
+                        arg1 = (SHORT)u.buffer[0];
+                        arg2 = (SHORT)u.buffer[1];
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        arg1 = (SHORT)u.buffer[1];
+                        arg2 = (SHORT)u.buffer[0];
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {  // Values are uint8_t * 2
+                    arg1 = READUSHORT(ffile->fp);
+                    arg2 = arg1 & 0xFF;
+                    arg1 = (arg1 >> 8) & 0xFF;
+                }
             }

+
 #ifdef TTF_DEBUG
             if (flags & ROUND_XY_TO_GRID)
             {