diff --git a/src/FontLib/Font.php b/src/FontLib/Font.php
index 8661288..d42ee12 100644
--- a/src/FontLib/Font.php
+++ b/src/FontLib/Font.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public static function load($file) {
     }
 
     if ($class) {
-      $class = "FontLib\\$class";
+      $class = __NAMESPACE__ . "\\$class";
 
       /** @var TrueType\File $obj */
       $obj = new $class;
diff --git a/src/FontLib/TrueType/File.php b/src/FontLib/TrueType/File.php
index f4c797a..a721af1 100644
--- a/src/FontLib/TrueType/File.php
+++ b/src/FontLib/TrueType/File.php
@@ -380,11 +380,6 @@ function parseHeader() {
     $this->header->parse();
   }
 
-  function getFontType(){
-    $class_parts = explode("\\", get_class($this));
-    return $class_parts[1];
-  }
-
   function parseTableEntries() {
     $this->parseHeader();
 
@@ -396,9 +391,7 @@ function parseTableEntries() {
       return;
     }
 
-
-    $type = $this->getFontType();
-    $class = "FontLib\\$type\\TableDirectoryEntry";
+    $class = __NAMESPACE__ . "\\TableDirectoryEntry";
 
     for ($i = 0; $i < $this->header->data["numTables"]; $i++) {
       /** @var TableDirectoryEntry $entry */