diff --git a/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-dict.rkt b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-dict.rkt
index 4ddeb96c..83ab79de 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-dict.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-dict.rkt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #lang debug racket/base
-(require racket/class xenomorph sugar/unstable/dict)
+ (require racket/class xenomorph sugar/unstable/dict)
 (provide CFFDict)
 
 #|
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-private-dict.rkt b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-private-dict.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02d38fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-private-dict.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#lang debug racket/base
+(require racket/class racket/match xenomorph sugar/unstable/dict
+         "cff-dict.rkt"
+         "cff-index.rkt"
+         "cff-pointer.rkt")
+(provide CFFPrivateDict)
+
+#|
+approximates
+https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/cff/CFFPrivateDict.js
+|#
+
+(define CFFBlendOp
+  (class xenobase%
+    (define/augment (:decode stream parent operands)
+      (match (reverse operands)
+        [(cons numBlends operands)
+         ;; TODO: actually blend. For now just consume the deltas
+         ;; since we don't use any of the values anyway.
+         (let loop ([operands operands])
+           (when (> (length operands) numBlends)
+             (loop (cdr operands))))]))))
+
+(define CFFPrivateDict
+  ;; key       name                 type                                        default
+  `((6         BlueValues           delta                                       #false)
+    (7         OtherBlues           delta                                       #false)
+    (8         FamilyBlues          delta                                       #false)
+    (9         FamilyOtherBlues     delta                                       #false)
+    ((12 9)    BlueScale            number                                      0.039625)
+    ((12 10)   BlueShift            number                                      7)
+    ((12 11)   BlueFuzz             number                                      1)
+    (10        StdHW                number                                      #false)
+    (11        StdVW                number                                      #false)
+    ((12 12)   StemSnapH            delta                                       #false)
+    ((12 13)   StemSnapV            delta                                       #false)
+    ((12 14)   ForceBold            boolean                                     #false)
+    ((12 17)   LanguageGroup        number                                      0)
+    ((12 18)   ExpansionFactor      number                                      0.06)
+    ((12 19)   initialRandomSeed    number                                      0)
+    (20        defaultWidthX        number                                      0)
+    (21        nominalWidthX        number                                      0)
+    (22        vsindex              number                                      0)
+    (23        blend               ,CFFBlendOp                                  #false)
+    (19        Subrs               ,(CFFPointer CFFIndex #:type 'local)         #false)))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-top.rkt b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-top.rkt
index 4ccd6940..6cb21527 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-top.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/table/cff/cff-top.rkt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
          "cff-index.rkt"
          "cff-dict.rkt"
          "cff-charsets.rkt"
-         "cff-pointer.rkt")
+         "cff-pointer.rkt"
+         "cff-encodings.rkt")
 (provide CFFTop)
 
 #|
@@ -27,6 +28,23 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/cff/CFFTop.js
    'first uint16be
    'nLeft uint16be))
 
+(define CFFEncodingVersion
+  (x:int #:size 1
+         #:signed #false
+         #:post-decode (λ (res) (bitwise-and res #x7f))))
+
+(define CFFCustomEncoding
+  (x:versioned-struct
+   CFFEncodingVersion
+   (dictify
+    0 (dictify 'nCodes uint8
+               'codes (x:array uint8 'nCodes))
+    1 (dictify 'nRanges uint8
+               'ranges (x:array Range1 'nRanges)))))
+
+(define CFFEncoding (PredefinedOp (list StandardEncoding ExpertEncoding)
+                                  (CFFPointer CFFCustomEncoding #:lazy #true)))
+
 ;; Decodes an array of ranges until the total
 ;; length is equal to the provided length.
 
@@ -43,7 +61,6 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/cff/CFFTop.js
         (define range (decode @type stream parent))
         (hash-set! range 'offset count)
         (values (cons range res) (+ count (hash-ref range 'nLeft) 1))))))
-   
 
 (define CFFCustomCharset
   (let ([tproc (λ (t) (sub1 (length (hash-ref (hash-ref t 'parent) 'CharStrings))))])
@@ -58,6 +75,8 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/cff/CFFTop.js
                      (list ISOAdobeCharset ExpertCharset ExpertSubsetCharset)
                      (CFFPointer CFFCustomCharset #:lazy #true)))
 
+(define ptr (CFFPointer CFFPrivateDict))
+
 (define CFFTopDict
   (CFFDict
    ;; key      name                 type(s)                              default