HarfBuzz - hb_shape() leads to access violation - c

Question

Based on this example, I try to implement font rendering in my SDL application. When calling hb_shape(), the application is halted because of an access-violation.
DLL-download-link (win32): here {harfbuzz-0.9.26-win32.zip}
ErrorMsg (VC2012): Unhandled exception at 0x6160B7F0 (libharfbuzz-0.dll)in ConsoleApplication2.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation while reading at position 0x00000068
EDIT: I changed the example to a console application, for simplicity.
Edit2: Now linking statically, .lib-file created with VC++'s LIB.exe.
#include <Windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <hb.h>
#include <hb-ft.h>
#pragma comment(lib,"lib/x86/freetype253ST.lib") // freetype single-thread
#pragma comment (lib,"libharfbuzz-0.lib") // linked to libharfbuzz.dll, created by LIB.exe
int main()
{
hb_font_t* font = NULL;
hb_buffer_t* buffer = NULL;
FT_Library flib;
FT_Face face;
bool found = false;
const char text[] = {"Write something...."};
if (FT_Init_FreeType(&flib) == 0)
{
if (FT_New_Face(flib,"arial.ttf",0,&face) == 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < face->num_charmaps; i++)
{ // search for UNICODE 2.0 charmap
if ((face->charmaps[i]->encoding_id == 3 && face->charmaps[i]->platform_id == 0) ||
(face->charmaps[i]->encoding_id == 1 && face->charmaps[i]->platform_id == 3) )
{
FT_Set_Charmap(face,face->charmaps[i]);
found = true;
break;
}
}
if (found && FT_Set_Char_Size(face,0,50*64,72,72) == 0)
{
font = hb_ft_font_create(face,NULL);
buffer = hb_buffer_create();
if (hb_buffer_allocation_successful(buffer))
{
hb_buffer_set_script(buffer,HB_SCRIPT_LATIN);
hb_buffer_set_language(buffer, hb_language_from_string("en",strlen("en"))); // strlen("en") is awful but good enough here
hb_buffer_set_direction(buffer,HB_DIRECTION_LTR);
hb_buffer_add_utf8(buffer,text,strlen(text),0,strlen(text));
hb_shape(font,buffer,NULL,0); // Access violation
std::cout << "There\n";
hb_buffer_destroy(buffer);
}
hb_font_destroy(font);
}
FT_Done_Face(face);
}
FT_Done_FreeType(flib);
}
Sleep(3000);
return 0;
}