diff --git a/lib/ui/text/asset_manager_font_provider.cc b/lib/ui/text/asset_manager_font_provider.cc
index c1ae48e137f60f1b1aa657bb0a10a9eab9523a19..b07472f7e7292f1aff1b6fc1aac52ef9a03cfdcb 100644
--- a/lib/ui/text/asset_manager_font_provider.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/text/asset_manager_font_provider.cc
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ SkTypeface* AssetManagerFontStyleSet::createTypeface(int i) {
     // Ownership of the stream is transferred.
     asset.typeface = SkTypeface::MakeFromStream(std::move(stream));
     if (!asset.typeface) {
+      FML_DLOG(ERROR) << "Unable to load font asset for family: "
+                      << family_name_;
       return nullptr;
     }
   }
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
index d9b00807a3e74d6878d7e7d732b296c0a558d03a..7c0e4e483054c5f5d5a4a222af0e130ef5e42363 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ std::shared_ptr<minikin::FontFamily> FontCollection::CreateMinikinFontFamily(
     }
   }
 
+  if (skia_typefaces.empty()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   SortSkTypefaces(skia_typefaces);
 
   std::vector<minikin::Font> minikin_fonts;