diff --git a/src/core/fonts.js b/src/core/fonts.js
index d9bf1d6f0..0f457bcb7 100644
--- a/src/core/fonts.js
+++ b/src/core/fonts.js
@@ -3390,7 +3390,13 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
             });
           }
         } else {
-          error('cmap table has unsupported format: ' + format);
+          warn('cmap table has unsupported format: ' + format);
+          return {
+            platformId: -1,
+            encodingId: -1,
+            mappings: [],
+            hasShortCmap: false
+          };
         }
 
         // removing duplicate entries
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index b1905194f..fba469f6b 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 !arial_unicode_en_cidfont.pdf
 !asciihexdecode.pdf
 !bug1050040.pdf
+!bug1200096.pdf
 !canvas.pdf
 !complex_ttf_font.pdf
 !extgstate.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/bug1200096.pdf b/test/pdfs/bug1200096.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..140024bcc
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/bug1200096.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index f7c857bf2..a383cfd91 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -629,6 +629,13 @@
        "link": false,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "bug1200096",
+       "file": "pdfs/bug1200096.pdf",
+       "md5": "b6bd8df094b5d511c13ed095d2a07515",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": false,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "hudsonsurvey",
        "file": "pdfs/hudsonsurvey.pdf",
        "md5": "bf0e6576a7b6c2fe7485bce1b78e006f",