It's not a bug fix, but have you tried right-clicking the Inkscape Icon and select Properties, then click on the Compatibility tab and check the "Run this program in compatability mode for Windows XP"?
Seems some users didn't have this problem after trying that. Might be a quick fix in your situation.
-C
On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 4:42 PM, John Sampson <jrs.idx@...3210...> wrote:
I have had a problem when working with a text box. I select some text in it in order to change the font. On clicking on the font selector, an alert box appears with the title "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library". The notice is "Assertion failed". "program C:\Program Files\Inkscape\inkscape.exe file cairo-font-face.c Line 144 Expression: CAIRO_REFERENCE_COUNT_HAS_REFERENCE (&font_face->ref_count)"
The program then shuts down.
I am using Inkscape 0.91 r13725 - the binary installation on Windows 7.
Regards
John Sampson
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