diff --git a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs
index 31cb9a18..9fe32e46 100644
--- a/crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs
+++ b/crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs
@@ -382,9 +382,16 @@ fn legacy_names(f: &skrifa::FontRef<'_>, family: &str) -> Option<(String, String
     Some((legacy, name(f, &[StringId::SUBFAMILY_NAME]).unwrap_or_else(|| "Regular".into())))
 }
 
+/// The tables skrifa reads glyph outlines from: `glyf` (TrueType), `CFF `, `CFF2` and `VARC`. For a
+/// face with none of them (bitmaps only, or outlines in Apple's `hvgl` table), [`FontDb::outline`]
+/// returns an empty path for every glyph.
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+const OUTLINE_TABLES: [&[u8; 4]; 4] = [b"glyf", b"CFF ", b"CFF2", b"VARC"];
+
 /// (family, style) of every face in the font file at `path`, reading only its table directories
 /// and `name` tables: a scan opens hundreds of font files, many of them megabytes long. A
 /// variable font is cataloged under its default style; its named instances appear once it loads.
+/// Faces with none of the [`OUTLINE_TABLES`] are left out.
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn file_face_names(path: &std::path::Path) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
     use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
@@ -413,6 +420,9 @@ fn file_face_names(path: &std::path::Path) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
             let dir = read_at(start.into(), 12)?;
             let tables = u16::from_be_bytes(dir.get(4..6)?.try_into().ok()?) as usize;
             let records = read_at(u64::from(start) + 12, tables * 16)?;
+            if !records.as_chunks::<16>().0.iter().any(|r| OUTLINE_TABLES.iter().any(|t| r.starts_with(*t))) {
+                return None;
+            }
             let rec = records.as_chunks::<16>().0.iter().find(|r| r.starts_with(b"name"))?;
             let (offset, len) = (be32(rec, 8)?, be32(rec, 12)?);
             if len > MAX_NAME_TABLE {
diff --git a/crates/fonts/src/lib.rs b/crates/fonts/src/lib.rs
index 16be2ca5..9b727530 100644
--- a/crates/fonts/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/fonts/src/lib.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,36 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn faces_without_outlines_are_not_cataloged() {
+        // Rename the Semibold's `glyf` table, as in fonts whose glyphs are bitmaps or are stored in
+        // Apple's `hvgl` table. The face still maps "A", but its outline is empty. The new tag
+        // keeps the table directory sorted.
+        let mut semibold = include_bytes!("../tests/fixtures/legacy-semibold.ttf").to_vec();
+        let tables = u16::from_be_bytes([semibold[4], semibold[5]]) as usize;
+        let glyf = (0..tables).map(|i| 12 + 16 * i).find(|&r| &semibold[r..r + 4] == b"glyf").unwrap();
+        semibold[glyf..glyf + 4].copy_from_slice(b"gxyz");
+        let loaded = FontDb::with_font_dirs(Vec::new());
+        assert_eq!(loaded.add_font(semibold.clone()), 1);
+        let face = loaded.face("DeckCraft Legacy", "Semibold");
+        assert!(face.covers('A'));
+        assert!(loaded.outline(&face, face.glyph_for('A')).elements().is_empty());
+        // The system font scan lists the Regular, which has outlines, and leaves out the Semibold
+        // under both of its names.
+        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+        {
+            let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("deckcraft-fonts-outlines-{}", std::process::id()));
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+            std::fs::write(dir.join("legacy-semibold.ttf"), &semibold).unwrap();
+            std::fs::write(dir.join("legacy-regular.ttf"), include_bytes!("../tests/fixtures/legacy-regular.ttf")).unwrap();
+            let db = FontDb::with_font_dirs(vec![dir.clone()]);
+            db.set_system_fallback(false);
+            assert_eq!(db.styles("DeckCraft Legacy"), ["Regular"]);
+            assert!(!db.has_family("DeckCraft Legacy Semibold"));
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn missing_document_fonts_are_drawn_in_calibri() {
         // PowerPoint draws a missing family in Calibri, whatever its panose or the theme says.