Index: /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/glyphRenameWriter.py
===================================================================
--- /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/glyphRenameWriter.py (revision 58)
+++ /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/glyphRenameWriter.py (revision 172)
@@ -58,2 +58,5 @@
         target = self._rename(target)
         super(GlyphRenameFeatureWriter, self).gposType2(target, value)
+
+    def subtableBreak(self):
+        pass
Index: /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/printWriter.py
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--- /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/printWriter.py (revision 58)
+++ /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/printWriter.py (revision 172)
@@ -49,2 +49,4 @@
         print ("include", (path))
 
+    def subtableBreak(self):
+        print "subtable break"
Index: /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/baseWriter.py
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--- /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/baseWriter.py (revision 58)
+++ /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/writers/baseWriter.py (revision 172)
@@ -40,2 +40,4 @@
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def subtableBreak(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
Index: /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/parser.py
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--- /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/parser.py (revision 110)
+++ /packages/feaTools/trunk/Lib/feaTools/parser.py (revision 172)
@@ -185,4 +185,11 @@
         "\s*;{0,1}"            # ; which will occur zero or one times (ugh!)
         )
+
+# used for finding subtable breaks
+subtableRE = re.compile(
+    "([\s;\{\}]|^)"        # whitepace, ; {, } or start of line
+    "subtable\s*"          # subtable
+    "\s*;"                 # ;
+)
 
 def _parseUnknown(writer, text):
@@ -283,4 +290,9 @@
         text = _executeSimpleSlice(precedingMark, text, includeRE, writer)
         writer.include(path)
+    # subtable
+    subtables = subtableRE.findall(text)
+    for precedingMark in subtables:
+        text = _executeSimpleSlice(precedingMark, text, subtableRE, writer)
+        writer.subtableBreak()
     text = text.strip()
     if text: