--- src/gr_face.cpp
+++ src/gr_face.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
     Face *res = new Face(appFaceHandle, *ops);
     if (res && load_face(*res, faceOptions))
-        return static_cast<gr_face *>(res);
+        return reinterpret_cast<gr_face *>(res);
 
     delete res;
     return 0;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 
 void gr_face_destroy(gr_face *face)
 {
-    delete face;
+    delete static_cast<Face *>(face);
 }
 
 
--- src/gr_font.cpp
+++ src/gr_font.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     if (face == 0)  return 0;
 
     Font * const res = new Font(ppm, *face, appFontHandle, font_ops);
-    return static_cast<gr_font*>(res);
+    return reinterpret_cast<gr_font*>(res);
 }
 
 gr_font* gr_make_font_with_advance_fn(float ppm/*pixels per em*/, const void* appFontHandle/*non-NULL*/, gr_advance_fn getAdvance, const gr_face * face/*needed for scaling*/)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 void gr_font_destroy(gr_font *font)
 {
-    delete font;
+    delete static_cast<Font *>(font);
 }