diff --git a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.cpp b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.cpp
index 50fe75c3..7af24201 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 #include <QStyleOptionButton>
 #include "Configuration.h"
 
-AbstractTableView::AbstractTableView(QWidget* parent) : QAbstractScrollArea(parent)
+AbstractTableView::AbstractTableView(QWidget* parent)
+    : QAbstractScrollArea(parent),
+      mFontMetrics(nullptr)
 {
     // Class variable initialization
     mTableOffset = 0;
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ void AbstractTableView::updateColors()
 void AbstractTableView::updateFonts()
 {
     setFont(ConfigFont("AbstractTableView"));
+    puts("updateFonts()");
+    mFontMetrics = new CachedFontMetrics(this, font());
 }
 
 void AbstractTableView::updateShortcuts()
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.h b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.h
index 74c027bd..d87c891c 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.h
+++ b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/AbstractTableView.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "Configuration.h"
 #include "MenuBuilder.h"
 #include "QActionLambda.h"
+#include "CachedFontMetrics.h"
 
 //Hacky class that fixes a really annoying cursor problem
 class AbstractTableScrollBar : public QScrollBar
@@ -204,6 +205,9 @@ protected:
     QColor headerTextColor;
     QColor selectionColor;
 
+    // Font metrics
+    CachedFontMetrics* mFontMetrics;
+
     //action helpers
 private:
     struct ActionShortcut
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/Disassembly.cpp b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/Disassembly.cpp
index 047c1154..6a40f8ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/Disassembly.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/Disassembly.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ QString Disassembly::paintContent(QPainter* painter, dsint rowBase, int rowOffse
                 curByte.textColor = mBytesColor;
             richBytes.push_back(curByte);
         }
-        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x, y, getColumnWidth(col), getRowHeight(), jumpsize + funcsize, richBytes, font());
+        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x, y, getColumnWidth(col), getRowHeight(), jumpsize + funcsize, richBytes, mFontMetrics);
     }
     break;
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ QString Disassembly::paintContent(QPainter* painter, dsint rowBase, int rowOffse
         else
             CapstoneTokenizer::TokenToRichText(token, richText, 0);
         int xinc = 4;
-        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + loopsize, y, getColumnWidth(col) - loopsize, getRowHeight(), xinc, richText, font());
+        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + loopsize, y, getColumnWidth(col) - loopsize, getRowHeight(), xinc, richText, mFontMetrics);
         token.x = x + loopsize + xinc;
     }
     break;
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void Disassembly::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
                     if(rowOffset < mInstBuffer.size())
                     {
                         CapstoneTokenizer::SingleToken token;
-                        if(CapstoneTokenizer::TokenFromX(mInstBuffer.at(rowOffset).tokens, token, event->x(), font()))
+                        if(CapstoneTokenizer::TokenFromX(mInstBuffer.at(rowOffset).tokens, token, event->x(), mFontMetrics))
                         {
                             if(CapstoneTokenizer::IsHighlightableToken(token) && !CapstoneTokenizer::TokenEquals(&token, &mHighlightToken))
                                 mHighlightToken = token;
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/HexDump.cpp b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/HexDump.cpp
index 5266d955..3930c4e0 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/HexDump.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/HexDump.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ QString HexDump::paintContent(QPainter* painter, dsint rowBase, int rowOffset, i
 
     RichTextPainter::List richText;
     getColumnRichText(col, wRva, richText);
-    RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x, y, w, h, 4, richText, font());
+    RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x, y, w, h, 4, richText, mFontMetrics);
 
     return "";
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/SearchListViewTable.cpp b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/SearchListViewTable.cpp
index dd1a9420..b95d1293 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/BasicView/SearchListViewTable.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/BasicView/SearchListViewTable.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ QString SearchListViewTable::paintContent(QPainter* painter, dsint rowBase, int
         }
 
         //paint the rich text
-        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + 1, y, w, h, 4, richText, font());
+        RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + 1, y, w, h, 4, richText, mFontMetrics);
         text = "";
     }
     return text;
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.cpp b/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.cpp
index 2fa826d2..fe376663 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.cpp
@@ -171,16 +171,15 @@ void CapstoneTokenizer::TokenToRichText(const InstructionToken & instr, RichText
     }
 }
 
-bool CapstoneTokenizer::TokenFromX(const InstructionToken & instr, SingleToken & token, int x, const QFont & font)
+bool CapstoneTokenizer::TokenFromX(const InstructionToken & instr, SingleToken & token, int x, CachedFontMetrics* fontMetrics)
 {
     if(x < instr.x) //before the first token
         return false;
     int len = int(instr.tokens.size());
-    QFontMetrics metrics(font);
     for(int i = 0, xStart = instr.x; i < len; i++)
     {
         const auto & curToken = instr.tokens.at(i);
-        int curWidth = metrics.width(curToken.text);
+        int curWidth = fontMetrics->width(curToken.text);
         int xEnd = xStart + curWidth;
         if(x >= xStart && x < xEnd)
         {
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.h b/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.h
index 35a00fb2..49b5afbd 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Disassembler/capstone_gui.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public:
     static void UpdateColors();
     static void UpdateStringPool();
     static void TokenToRichText(const InstructionToken & instr, RichTextPainter::List & richTextList, const SingleToken* highlightToken);
-    static bool TokenFromX(const InstructionToken & instr, SingleToken & token, int x, const QFont & font);
+    static bool TokenFromX(const InstructionToken & instr, SingleToken & token, int x, CachedFontMetrics* fontMetrics);
     static bool IsHighlightableToken(const SingleToken & token);
     static bool TokenEquals(const SingleToken* a, const SingleToken* b, bool ignoreSize = true);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Gui/ScriptView.cpp b/src/gui/Src/Gui/ScriptView.cpp
index f15363e0..22cfe4a5 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/Gui/ScriptView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Gui/ScriptView.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ QString ScriptView::paintContent(QPainter* painter, dsint rowBase, int rowOffset
             }
 
             //paint the rich text
-            RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + 1, y, w, h, xadd, richText, font());
+            RichTextPainter::paintRichText(painter, x + 1, y, w, h, xadd, richText, mFontMetrics);
             returnString = "";
         }
         else //no syntax highlighting
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Utils/CachedFontMetrics.h b/src/gui/Src/Utils/CachedFontMetrics.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ef4c6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Utils/CachedFontMetrics.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef CACHEDFONTMETRICS_H
+#define CACHEDFONTMETRICS_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QFont>
+#include <QFontMetrics>
+
+class CachedFontMetrics : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit CachedFontMetrics(QObject* parent, const QFont & font)
+        : QObject(parent),
+          mFontMetrics(font)
+    {
+    }
+
+    int width(const QChar & ch)
+    {
+        auto unicode = ch.unicode();
+        if(!mWidths[unicode])
+            return mWidths[unicode] = mFontMetrics.width(ch);
+        return mWidths[unicode];
+    }
+
+    int width(const QString & text)
+    {
+        int result = 0;
+        for(const QChar & ch : text)
+            result += width(ch);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+private:
+    QFontMetrics mFontMetrics;
+    ushort mWidths[65536];
+};
+
+#endif // CACHEDFONTMETRICS_H
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.cpp b/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.cpp
index 4a63ebb3..060481f7 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #include "RichTextPainter.h"
 
-//TODO: fix performance
-void RichTextPainter::paintRichText(QPainter* painter, int x, int y, int w, int h, int xinc, const List & richText, const QFont & font)
+//TODO: fix performance (possibly use QTextLayout?)
+void RichTextPainter::paintRichText(QPainter* painter, int x, int y, int w, int h, int xinc, const List & richText, CachedFontMetrics* fontMetrics)
 {
     QPen pen;
     QPen highlightPen;
     highlightPen.setWidth(2);
     QBrush brush(Qt::cyan);
-    QFontMetrics metrics(font);
     for(const auto & curRichText : richText)
     {
-        int textWidth = metrics.width(curRichText.text);
+        int textWidth = fontMetrics->width(curRichText.text);
         int backgroundWidth = textWidth;
         if(backgroundWidth + xinc > w)
             backgroundWidth = w - xinc;
diff --git a/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.h b/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.h
index 3fdefda7..4f6bce96 100644
--- a/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.h
+++ b/src/gui/Src/Utils/RichTextPainter.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QColor>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include "CachedFontMetrics.h"
 
 class RichTextPainter
 {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public:
     typedef std::vector<CustomRichText_t> List;
 
     //functions
-    static void paintRichText(QPainter* painter, int x, int y, int w, int h, int xinc, const List & richText, const QFont & font);
+    static void paintRichText(QPainter* painter, int x, int y, int w, int h, int xinc, const List & richText, CachedFontMetrics* fontMetrics);
 };
 
 #endif // RICHTEXTPAINTER_H
diff --git a/src/gui/x64dbg.pro b/src/gui/x64dbg.pro
index 4ef8ab29..4abde197 100644
--- a/src/gui/x64dbg.pro
+++ b/src/gui/x64dbg.pro
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     Src/Utils/LongLongValidator.h \
     Src/Utils/MiscUtil.h \
     Src/Gui/XrefBrowseDialog.h \
-    Src/Gui/CodepageSelectionDialog.h
+    Src/Gui/CodepageSelectionDialog.h \
+    Src/Utils/CachedFontMetrics.h
 
 FORMS += \
     Src/Gui/MainWindow.ui \