diff --git a/src/Document/ContentStream/PositionedText/PositionedTextElement.php b/src/Document/ContentStream/PositionedText/PositionedTextElement.php
index 4fcee351..628b3759 100644
--- a/src/Document/ContentStream/PositionedText/PositionedTextElement.php
+++ b/src/Document/ContentStream/PositionedText/PositionedTextElement.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\ContentStream\PositionedText\TextSegment\TextSegment;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\Object\Decorator\Font;
-use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\Object\Decorator\Page;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Exception\ParseFailureException;
 
 readonly class PositionedTextElement {
@@ -18,21 +17,12 @@ public function __construct(
         public TextState $textState,
     ) {}
 
-    public function getFont(Page $page): Font {
-        if ($this->textState->fontName === null) {
-            throw new ParseFailureException('Unable to locate font for text element');
-        }
-
-        return $page->getFont($this->textState->fontName)
-            ?? throw new ParseFailureException(sprintf('Unable to locate font with reference "/%s"', $this->textState->fontName->value));
-    }
-
     /** @throws ParseFailureException */
-    public function getText(Page $page): string {
-        $font = $this->getFont($page);
+    public function getText(Font $font): string {
         $differences = $font->getDifferences();
         $encoding = $font->getEncoding();
-        $toUnicodeCMap = $font->getToUnicodeCMap() ?? $font->getToUnicodeCMapDescendantFont();
+        $toUnicodeCMap = $font->getToUnicodeCMap()
+            ?? $font->getToUnicodeCMapDescendantFont();
 
         $text = '';
         $previousOffset = null;
diff --git a/src/Extraction/MarkdownExtractor.php b/src/Extraction/MarkdownExtractor.php
index 69d271ef..955b717c 100644
--- a/src/Extraction/MarkdownExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extraction/MarkdownExtractor.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use PrinsFrank\MarkDownDom\Node\Inline\Text;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\ContentStream\PositionedText\PositionedTextElement;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\Object\Decorator\Page;
+use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Exception\ParseFailureException;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Exception\PdfParserException;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Extraction\SpaceDetection\SpaceDetector;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Extraction\TextGrouping\LineGrouping\TextOverlapStrategy;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class MarkdownExtractor {
     public static function extractContent(array $positionedTextElements, Page $page): Document {
         $lineGroupedElements = TextOverlapStrategy::group($positionedTextElements);
 
-        $blockNodes = $inLineNodes = [];
+        $blockNodes = $inLineNodes = $fontCache = [];
         $textBuffer = '';
         $previousElementIsBold = $previousElementIsItalic = false;
         $previousHeadingLevel = null;
@@ -48,8 +49,13 @@ public static function extractContent(array $positionedTextElements, Page $page)
             $previousFontOnLine = null;
             $previousTextElementEndsWithSpace = false;
             foreach ($positionedTextElementsForLine as $positionedTextElement) {
-                $elementText = $positionedTextElement->getText($page);
-                $font = $positionedTextElement->getFont($page);
+                if ($positionedTextElement->textState->fontName === null) {
+                    throw new ParseFailureException('Unable to locate font');
+                }
+
+                $font = $fontCache[$positionedTextElement->textState->fontName->value] ??= $page->getFont($positionedTextElement->textState->fontName)
+                    ?? throw new ParseFailureException(sprintf('Unable to locate font with reference "/%s"', $positionedTextElement->textState->fontName->value));
+                $elementText = $positionedTextElement->getText($font);
                 if ($elementText === '') {
                     $previousTextElementOnLine = $positionedTextElement;
                     $previousFontOnLine = $font;
diff --git a/src/Extraction/TextExtractor.php b/src/Extraction/TextExtractor.php
index 1ddba7ec..d2b74c53 100644
--- a/src/Extraction/TextExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extraction/TextExtractor.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\ContentStream\PositionedText\PositionedTextElement;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Document\Object\Decorator\Page;
+use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Exception\ParseFailureException;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Exception\PdfParserException;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Extraction\SpaceDetection\SpaceDetector;
 use PrinsFrank\PdfParser\Extraction\TextGrouping\LineGrouping\TextOverlapStrategy;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class TextExtractor {
     public static function extractContent(array $positionedTextElements, Page $page): string {
         $lineGroupedElements = TextOverlapStrategy::group($positionedTextElements);
 
+        $fontCache = [];
         $textBuffer = '';
         foreach ($lineGroupedElements as $i => $positionedTextElementsForLine) {
             if ($i !== 0) {
@@ -26,8 +28,13 @@ public static function extractContent(array $positionedTextElements, Page $page)
             $previousFontOnLine = null;
             $previousTextElementEndsWithSpace = false;
             foreach ($positionedTextElementsForLine as $positionedTextElement) {
-                $elementText = $positionedTextElement->getText($page);
-                $font = $positionedTextElement->getFont($page);
+                if ($positionedTextElement->textState->fontName === null) {
+                    throw new ParseFailureException('Unable to locate font');
+                }
+
+                $font = $fontCache[$positionedTextElement->textState->fontName->value] ??= $page->getFont($positionedTextElement->textState->fontName)
+                    ?? throw new ParseFailureException(sprintf('Unable to locate font with reference "/%s"', $positionedTextElement->textState->fontName->value));
+                $elementText = $positionedTextElement->getText($font);
                 if ($elementText === '') {
                     $previousTextElementOnLine = $positionedTextElement;
                     $previousFontOnLine = $font;