diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixEarlyConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixEarlyConfig.java
index 2a974854..703c858f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixEarlyConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixEarlyConfig.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class ModernFixEarlyConfig {
         this.addMixinRule("perf.datapack_reload_exceptions", true);
         this.addMixinRule("perf.faster_texture_stitching", true);
         this.addMixinRule("perf.faster_texture_loading", true);
+        this.addMixinRule("perf.faster_font_loading", true);
         /* off by default in 1.18 because it doesn't work as well */
         this.addMixinRule("perf.faster_singleplayer_load", false);
         /* Keep this off if JEI/REI isn't installed to prevent breaking vanilla gameplay */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/faster_font_loading/LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProviderMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/faster_font_loading/LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProviderMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beb327b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/faster_font_loading/LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProviderMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.embeddedt.modernfix.mixin.perf.faster_font_loading;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.font.providers.LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProvider;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Objective: avoid recomputing locations many times, as well as loading all the font sheets in the constructor
+ * only to do it again later.
+ */
+@Mixin(LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProvider.class)
+public abstract class LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProviderMixin {
+    @Shadow protected abstract ResourceLocation getSheetLocation(int i);
+
+    @Shadow @Final private Map<ResourceLocation, NativeImage> textures;
+    private final ResourceLocation[] glyphLocations = new ResourceLocation[256];
+
+    private ResourceLocation currentCharIdx;
+
+    @Redirect(method = "<init>", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/font/providers/LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProvider;getSheetLocation(I)Lnet/minecraft/resources/ResourceLocation;"))
+    private ResourceLocation storeCurrentCharIdx(LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProvider provider, int i) {
+        ResourceLocation location = getSheetLocation(i);
+        currentCharIdx = location;
+        return location;
+    }
+
+    @Redirect(method = "<init>", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage;read(Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage$Format;Ljava/io/InputStream;)Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/platform/NativeImage;"))
+    private NativeImage storeLoadedFontSheet(NativeImage.Format format, InputStream stream) throws IOException {
+        NativeImage image = NativeImage.read(format, stream);
+        textures.put(currentCharIdx, image);
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "<init>", at = @At("RETURN"))
+    private void clearLocation(CallbackInfo ci) {
+        currentCharIdx = null;
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "getSheetLocation", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true)
+    private void useCachedLocation(int idx, CallbackInfoReturnable<ResourceLocation> cir) {
+        int cachedIdx = idx / 256;
+        if(cachedIdx >= 0 && cachedIdx < glyphLocations.length && glyphLocations[cachedIdx] != null)
+            cir.setReturnValue(glyphLocations[cachedIdx]);
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "getSheetLocation", at = @At("RETURN"))
+    private void saveCachedLocation(int idx, CallbackInfoReturnable<ResourceLocation> cir) {
+        int cachedIdx = idx / 256;
+        if(cachedIdx >= 0 && cachedIdx < glyphLocations.length)
+            glyphLocations[cachedIdx] = cir.getReturnValue();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/modernfix.mixins.json b/src/main/resources/modernfix.mixins.json
index 4f2fc6e1..807b91d2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/modernfix.mixins.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/modernfix.mixins.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "perf.cache_model_materials.MultipartMixin",
     "perf.faster_texture_stitching.StitcherMixin",
     "perf.faster_texture_loading.TextureAtlasMixin",
+    "perf.faster_font_loading.LegacyUnicodeBitmapsProviderMixin",
     "perf.skip_first_datapack_reload.CreateWorldScreenMixin",
     "devenv.MinecraftMixin",
     "devenv.NarratorMixin"