Fonts are not executables in the way you think they are. They do have code for hinting, but it is not executable in the sense of x86 or ARM code. It’s a custom

Fonts are not executables in the way you think they are. They do have code for hinting, but it is not executable in the sense of x86 or ARM code. It’s a custom bytecode designed for an interpreter. If a font is being distributed as an executable, that’s because someone’s wrapped it in an installer.