diff --git a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
index 265651b7f..837bb86bf 100644
--- a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
+++ b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
@@ -530,36 +530,6 @@ struct hb_auto_t : Type
   void fini (void) {}
 };
 
-template <typename T>
-struct hb_array_t
-{
-  inline hb_array_t (void) : arrayZ (nullptr), len (0) {}
-  inline hb_array_t (T *array_, unsigned int len_) : arrayZ (array_), len (len_) {}
-
-  inline T& operator [] (unsigned int i) const
-  {
-    if (unlikely (i >= len)) return Null(T);
-    return arrayZ[i];
-  }
-
-  inline hb_array_t<T> sub_array (unsigned int start_offset, unsigned int seg_count) const
-  {
-    unsigned int count = len;
-    if (unlikely (start_offset > count))
-      count = 0;
-    else
-      count -= start_offset;
-    count = MIN (count, seg_count);
-    return hb_array_t<T> (arrayZ + start_offset, count);
-  }
-
-  inline void free (void) { ::free ((void *) arrayZ); arrayZ = nullptr; len = 0; }
-
-  T *arrayZ;
-  unsigned int len;
-};
-template <typename T> static inline
-hb_array_t<T> hb_array (T *array, unsigned int len) { return hb_array_t<T> (array, len); }
 
 struct hb_bytes_t
 {
@@ -589,6 +559,42 @@ struct hb_bytes_t
   unsigned int len;
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+struct hb_array_t
+{
+  inline hb_array_t (void) : arrayZ (nullptr), len (0) {}
+  inline hb_array_t (T *array_, unsigned int len_) : arrayZ (array_), len (len_) {}
+
+  inline T& operator [] (unsigned int i) const
+  {
+    if (unlikely (i >= len)) return Null(T);
+    return arrayZ[i];
+  }
+
+  inline hb_array_t<T> sub_array (unsigned int start_offset, unsigned int seg_count) const
+  {
+    unsigned int count = len;
+    if (unlikely (start_offset > count))
+      count = 0;
+    else
+      count -= start_offset;
+    count = MIN (count, seg_count);
+    return hb_array_t<T> (arrayZ + start_offset, count);
+  }
+
+  inline hb_bytes_t as_bytes (void) const
+  {
+    return hb_bytes_t (arrayZ, len * sizeof (T));
+  }
+
+  inline void free (void) { ::free ((void *) arrayZ); arrayZ = nullptr; len = 0; }
+
+  T *arrayZ;
+  unsigned int len;
+};
+template <typename T> static inline
+hb_array_t<T> hb_array (T *array, unsigned int len) { return hb_array_t<T> (array, len); }
+
 
 struct HbOpOr
 {
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-name-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-name-table.hh
index 9b2835529..f42c0db83 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-name-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-name-table.hh
@@ -152,13 +152,6 @@ struct name
 {
   static const hb_tag_t tableTag	= HB_OT_TAG_name;
 
-  inline hb_bytes_t get_name (unsigned int idx) const
-  {
-    const hb_array_t<const NameRecord> all_names (nameRecordZ.arrayZ, count);
-    const NameRecord &record = all_names[idx];
-    return hb_bytes_t ((const char *) (this+stringOffset).arrayZ + record.offset, record.length);
-  }
-
   inline unsigned int get_size (void) const
   { return min_size + count * nameRecordZ[0].min_size; }
 
@@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ struct name
     return_trace (c->check_struct (this) &&
 		  likely (format == 0 || format == 1) &&
 		  c->check_array (nameRecordZ.arrayZ, count) &&
-		  sanitize_records (c));
+		  c->check_range (this, stringOffset));
   }
 
   struct accelerator_t
@@ -187,6 +180,9 @@ struct name
     {
       this->blob = hb_sanitize_context_t().reference_table<name> (face);
       this->table = this->blob->as<name> ();
+      assert (this->blob->length >= this->table->stringOffset);
+      this->pool = (this->table+this->table->stringOffset).arrayZ;
+      this->pool_len = this->blob->length - this->table->stringOffset;
       const hb_array_t<const NameRecord> all_names (this->table->nameRecordZ.arrayZ,
 						    this->table->count);
 
@@ -246,8 +242,18 @@ struct name
       return entry->entry_index;
     }
 
+    inline hb_bytes_t get_name (unsigned int idx) const
+    {
+      const hb_array_t<const NameRecord> all_names (table->nameRecordZ.arrayZ, table->count);
+      const NameRecord &record = all_names[idx];
+      const hb_array_t<const char> string_pool ((const char *) pool, pool_len);
+      return string_pool.sub_array (record.offset, record.length).as_bytes ();
+    }
+
     private:
     hb_blob_t *blob;
+    const void *pool;
+    unsigned int pool_len;
     public:
     const name *table;
     hb_vector_t<hb_ot_name_entry_t> names;
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-name.cc b/src/hb-ot-name.cc
index 7962d8b89..ec3d87946 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-name.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-name.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ hb_ot_name_get_utf (hb_face_t     *face,
   int idx = name.get_index (name_id, language, &width);
   if (idx != -1)
   {
-    hb_bytes_t bytes = name.table->get_name (idx);
+    hb_bytes_t bytes = name.get_name (idx);
 
     if (width == 2) /* UTF16-BE */
       return hb_ot_name_convert_utf<hb_utf16_be_t, utf_t> (&bytes, text_size, text);