diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 969e3f5..79d899b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-10-17  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
+
+	* src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c (Read255UShort): Tweak types to please VC++.
+
 2020-10-10  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version 2.10.3 released.
diff --git a/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c b/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
index 73d19f5..5c8202f 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@
   Read255UShort( FT_Stream   stream,
                  FT_UShort*  value )
   {
-    static const FT_Int  oneMoreByteCode1 = 255;
-    static const FT_Int  oneMoreByteCode2 = 254;
-    static const FT_Int  wordCode         = 253;
-    static const FT_Int  lowestUCode      = 253;
+    const FT_Byte    oneMoreByteCode1 = 255;
+    const FT_Byte    oneMoreByteCode2 = 254;
+    const FT_Byte    wordCode         = 253;
+    const FT_UShort  lowestUCode      = 253;
 
     FT_Error   error        = FT_Err_Ok;
     FT_Byte    code;