diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
index 7e0a337..93f61c2 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,43 @@ static OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *getOutlineTextMetric(HDC hdc)
     return otm;
 }
 
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const glyph_metrics_t &gm)
+{
+    if (!gm.isValid()) {
+        d << "glyph_metrics_t INVALID";
+        return d;
+    }
+    d << "glyph_metrics_t origin: " << gm.x << ',' << gm.y << " size: "
+      << gm.width << 'x' << gm.height << " offset: " << gm.xoff << ',' << gm.yoff;
+    return d;
+}
+
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const ABCFLOAT  &gm)
+{
+    d << "ABCFLOAT " << gm.abcfA << ' ' << gm.abcfB << ' ' << gm.abcfC;
+    return d;
+}
+
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const FIXED &f)
+{
+    d.nospace() << f.value << '.' << f.fract;
+    return d;
+}
+
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const MAT2 &m)
+{
+    d << "MAT2 {" << m.eM11 << ',' << m.eM12 << ',' << m.eM21 << ',' << m.eM22 << '}';
+    return d;
+}
+
+QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const GLYPHMETRICS &gm)
+{
+    d.nospace() << "GLYPHMETRICS blackbox: " << gm.gmBlackBoxX << 'x' << gm.gmBlackBoxY
+                << " origin " << gm.gmptGlyphOrigin.x << ',' <<gm.gmptGlyphOrigin.y
+                << " distance " <<gm.gmCellIncX << ',' << gm.gmCellIncY;
+    return d;
+}
+
 void QFontEngineWin::getCMap()
 {
     ttf = (bool)(tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
@@ -523,7 +560,12 @@ bool QFontEngineWin::getOutlineMetrics(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &t, glyph
     uint format = GGO_METRICS;
     if (ttf)
         format |= GGO_GLYPH_INDEX;
-    res = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, format, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
+    qDebug() << "getOutlineMetrics" << _name << glyph << "op" << format << mat << "ttf=" << ttf;
+    res = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, format, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);    
+    if (res == GDI_ERROR) {
+        const int errorCode = GetLastError();
+        qErrnoWarning(errorCode, "getOutlineMetrics: GetGlyphOutline() failed, error %d.", errorCode);
+    }
 
     if (t.type() > QTransform::TxTranslate) {
         XFORM xform;
@@ -550,16 +592,22 @@ glyph_metrics_t QFontEngineWin::boundingBox(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &t)
     SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
 
     glyph_metrics_t glyphMetrics;
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << '1' << _name << glyph << t;
     bool success = getOutlineMetrics(glyph, t, &glyphMetrics);
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << '2' << _name << "SUC=" << success << "TTF" << ttf
+              << glyphMetrics;
 
     if (!ttf && !success) {
         // Bitmap fonts
         wchar_t ch = glyph;
         ABCFLOAT abc;
-        GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, ch, ch, &abc);
+        if (!GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, ch, ch, &abc))
+            qErrnoWarning("GetCharABCWidthsFloat() failed");
         int width = qRound(abc.abcfB);
-
-        return glyph_metrics_t(QFixed::fromReal(abc.abcfA), -tm.tmAscent, width, tm.tmHeight, width, 0).transformed(t);
+        const glyph_metrics_t ro = glyph_metrics_t(QFixed::fromReal(abc.abcfA), -tm.tmAscent, width, tm.tmHeight, width, 0);
+        const glyph_metrics_t r =ro.transformed(t);
+        qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << '3' << _name << abc << "width=" << width << ro << r;
+        return r;
     }
 
     return glyphMetrics;
@@ -1090,9 +1138,10 @@ extern bool qt_cleartype_enabled;
 QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin,
                                            const QTransform &t, QImage::Format mask_format)
 {
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << QT_VERSION_STR << _name  << glyph << t;
     Q_UNUSED(mask_format)
     glyph_metrics_t gm = boundingBox(glyph);
-
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << _name << gm;
 //     printf(" -> for glyph %4x\n", glyph);
 
     int gx = gm.x.toInt();
@@ -1100,8 +1149,10 @@ QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin
     int iw = gm.width.toInt();
     int ih = gm.height.toInt();
 
-    if (iw <= 0 || iw <= 0)
+    if (iw <= 0 || iw <= 0) {
+        qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << _name << "bailing out " << iw;
         return 0;
+    }
 
     bool has_transformation = t.type() > QTransform::TxTranslate;
 
@@ -1109,6 +1160,7 @@ QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin
     unsigned int options = ttf ? ETO_GLYPH_INDEX : 0;
     XFORM xform;
 
+    qDebug() << "hastransform"  << has_transformation << t;
     if (has_transformation) {
         xform.eM11 = t.m11();
         xform.eM12 = t.m12();
@@ -1129,9 +1181,10 @@ QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin
         MAT2 mat;
         memset(&mat, 0, sizeof(mat));
         mat.eM11.value = mat.eM22.value = 1;
-
+        qDebug() << __FUNCTION__  << _name
+                      << glyph << "op" << ggo_options  << mat << "ttf=" << ttf;
         if (GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, ggo_options, &tgm, 0, 0, &mat) == GDI_ERROR) {
-            qWarning("QWinFontEngine: unable to query transformed glyph metrics...");
+            qErrnoWarning("QWinFontEngine: unable to query transformed glyph metrics...");
             return 0;
         }