% font actual {zapfdingbats 12 roman normal} -family
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
Value in failed request: 0xc00005
Serial number of failed request: 73
Current serial number in output stream: 74
Same thing works fine in 8.5 . Some missing backport?
Also test numbers in font.test have many dups. Also fixed in 8.5.