diff --git a/fontland/fontland/glyph.rkt b/fontland/fontland/glyph.rkt
index ac0148e9..40ea375e 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/glyph.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/glyph.rkt
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/glyph/Glyph.js
     (FT_Load_Glyph face (glyph-id g) FT_LOAD_NO_RECURSE)
     (define glyph (FT_FaceRec-glyph face))
     (define ft-glyph-metrics (FT_GlyphSlotRec-metrics glyph))
-    #R (FT_Glyph_Metrics->list ft-glyph-metrics)
     (set-glyph-metrics! g (mhash))
     (hash-set*! (glyph-metrics g)
                 'advanceWidth (FT_Glyph_Metrics-horiAdvance ft-glyph-metrics)
                 'leftBearing (FT_Glyph_Metrics-horiBearingX ft-glyph-metrics)))
-  #R (glyph-metrics g))
+  (glyph-metrics g))
 
 (define (+ttf-glyph . args)
   (apply +glyph #:constructor ttf-glyph args))
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/unsafe/freetype.rkt b/fontland/fontland/unsafe/freetype.rkt
index aa5f3021..ea64fcd9 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/unsafe/freetype.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/unsafe/freetype.rkt
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@
                                    -> (cond
                                         [(zero? err)
                                          ;; see https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step1.html
-                                         
+                                         ;; for meaning of these arguments
+                                         (FT_Set_Char_Size ftf 0 1000 0 0)
                                          ftf]
                                         [(= err 1)
                                          (error 'FT_New_Face (format "font ~v not found" path))]