diff --git a/src/console_cmds.cpp b/src/console_cmds.cpp
index 5d8515c6ce..ff6bfc9b73 100644
--- a/src/console_cmds.cpp
+++ b/src/console_cmds.cpp
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConFont)
 		FontCacheSubSetting *setting = GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs);
 		/* Make sure all non sprite fonts are loaded. */
 		if (!setting->font.empty() && !fc->HasParent()) {
-			InitFontCache(fs == FS_MONO);
+			InitFontCache(fs);
 			fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
 		}
 		IConsolePrint(CC_DEFAULT, "{}: \"{}\" {} {} [\"{}\" {} {}]", FontSizeToName(fs), fc->GetFontName(), fc->GetFontSize(), GetFontAAState(fs) ? "aa" : "noaa", setting->font, setting->size, setting->aa ? "aa" : "noaa");
diff --git a/src/fontcache.cpp b/src/fontcache.cpp
index 2a5772fc3b..5bba534b44 100644
--- a/src/fontcache.cpp
+++ b/src/fontcache.cpp
@@ -121,21 +121,10 @@ void SetFont(FontSize fontsize, const std::string &font, uint size, bool aa)
 
 	if (!changed) return;
 
-	if (fontsize != FS_MONO) {
-		/* Try to reload only the modified font. */
-		FontCacheSettings backup = _fcsettings;
-		for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
-			if (fs == fontsize) continue;
-			FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
-			GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs)->font = fc->HasParent() ? fc->GetFontName() : "";
-		}
-		CheckForMissingGlyphs();
-		_fcsettings = backup;
-	} else {
-		InitFontCache(true);
-	}
+	InitFontCache(fontsize);
+	if (fontsize != FS_MONO) CheckForMissingGlyphs();
 
-	LoadStringWidthTable();
+	LoadStringWidthTable(fontsize);
 	UpdateAllVirtCoords();
 	ReInitAllWindows(true);
 
@@ -191,37 +180,42 @@ static void TryLoadDefaultTrueTypeFont([[maybe_unused]] FontSize fs)
 }
 
 /**
- * (Re)initialize the font cache related things, i.e. load the non-sprite fonts.
- * @param monospace Whether to initialise the monospace or regular fonts.
+ * (Re)initialise the font cache related things for a specific font size.
+ * @param fs Font size to (re)initialise.
  */
-void InitFontCache(bool monospace)
+void InitFontCache(FontSize fs)
+{
+	FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
+	if (fc->HasParent()) delete fc;
+
+	if (!_fcsettings.prefer_sprite && GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs)->font.empty()) {
+		TryLoadDefaultTrueTypeFont(fs);
+	} else {
+#ifdef WITH_FREETYPE
+		LoadFreeTypeFont(fs);
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+		LoadWin32Font(fs);
+#elif defined(WITH_COCOA)
+		LoadCoreTextFont(fs);
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * (Re)initialise the font cache related things, i.e. load the non-sprite fonts, for all font sizes.
+ */
+void InitFontCaches()
 {
 	FontCache::InitializeFontCaches();
-
 	for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
-		if (monospace != (fs == FS_MONO)) continue;
-
-		FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
-		if (fc->HasParent()) delete fc;
-
-		if (!_fcsettings.prefer_sprite && GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs)->font.empty()) {
-			TryLoadDefaultTrueTypeFont(fs);
-		} else {
-#ifdef WITH_FREETYPE
-			LoadFreeTypeFont(fs);
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-			LoadWin32Font(fs);
-#elif defined(WITH_COCOA)
-			LoadCoreTextFont(fs);
-#endif
-		}
+		InitFontCache(fs);
 	}
 }
 
 /**
  * Free everything allocated w.r.t. fonts.
  */
-void UninitFontCache()
+void UninitFontCaches()
 {
 	for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
 		FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
diff --git a/src/fontcache.h b/src/fontcache.h
index 9ba6055504..210a63924d 100644
--- a/src/fontcache.h
+++ b/src/fontcache.h
@@ -177,10 +177,15 @@ inline void InitializeUnicodeGlyphMap()
 	}
 }
 
-inline void ClearFontCache()
+inline void ClearFontCache(FontSize fs)
+{
+	FontCache::Get(fs)->ClearFontCache();
+}
+
+inline void ClearFontCaches()
 {
 	for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
-		FontCache::Get(fs)->ClearFontCache();
+		ClearFontCache(fs);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -240,8 +245,9 @@ inline FontCacheSubSetting *GetFontCacheSubSetting(FontSize fs)
 	}
 }
 
-void InitFontCache(bool monospace);
-void UninitFontCache();
+void InitFontCaches();
+void InitFontCache(FontSize fs);
+void UninitFontCaches();
 bool HasAntialiasedFonts();
 
 bool GetFontAAState(FontSize size, bool check_blitter = true);
diff --git a/src/gfx.cpp b/src/gfx.cpp
index 1cf74769e6..989535e45a 100644
--- a/src/gfx.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx.cpp
@@ -1227,20 +1227,25 @@ static void GfxMainBlitter(const Sprite *sprite, int x, int y, BlitterMode mode,
 }
 
 /**
- * Initialize _stringwidth_table cache
- * @param monospace Whether to load the monospace cache or the normal fonts.
+ * Initialize _stringwidth_table cache for a specific font size.
+ * @param fs Font size to initialize stringwidth table for.
  */
-void LoadStringWidthTable(bool monospace)
+void LoadStringWidthTable(FontSize fs)
 {
-	ClearFontCache();
-
-	for (FontSize fs = monospace ? FS_MONO : FS_BEGIN; fs < (monospace ? FS_END : FS_MONO); fs++) {
-		for (uint i = 0; i != 224; i++) {
-			_stringwidth_table[fs][i] = GetGlyphWidth(fs, i + 32);
-		}
+	ClearFontCache(fs);
+	for (uint i = 0; i != 224; i++) {
+		_stringwidth_table[fs][i] = GetGlyphWidth(fs, i + 32);
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Initialize _stringwidth_table cache for all font sizes.
+ */
+void LoadStringWidthTable()
+{
+	for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) LoadStringWidthTable(fs);
+}
+
 /**
  * Return width of character glyph.
  * @param size  Font of the character
@@ -1827,7 +1832,7 @@ bool AdjustGUIZoom(bool automatic)
 	if (old_font_zoom != _font_zoom) {
 		GfxClearFontSpriteCache();
 	}
-	ClearFontCache();
+	ClearFontCaches();
 	LoadStringWidthTable();
 
 	SetupWidgetDimensions();
diff --git a/src/gfx_func.h b/src/gfx_func.h
index 9681158768..5c055f1a7d 100644
--- a/src/gfx_func.h
+++ b/src/gfx_func.h
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ int GetStringHeight(StringID str, int maxw);
 int GetStringLineCount(StringID str, int maxw);
 Dimension GetStringMultiLineBoundingBox(StringID str, const Dimension &suggestion);
 Dimension GetStringMultiLineBoundingBox(std::string_view str, const Dimension &suggestion);
-void LoadStringWidthTable(bool monospace = false);
+void LoadStringWidthTable();
+void LoadStringWidthTable(FontSize fs);
 Point GetCharPosInString(std::string_view str, const char *ch, FontSize start_fontsize = FS_NORMAL);
 ptrdiff_t GetCharAtPosition(std::string_view str, int x, FontSize start_fontsize = FS_NORMAL);
 
diff --git a/src/gfxinit.cpp b/src/gfxinit.cpp
index 785dbde159..0d87a6169a 100644
--- a/src/gfxinit.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxinit.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void RealChangeBlitter(const char *repl_blitter)
 
 	/* Clear caches that might have sprites for another blitter. */
 	VideoDriver::GetInstance()->ClearSystemSprites();
-	ClearFontCache();
+	ClearFontCaches();
 	GfxClearSpriteCache();
 	ReInitAllWindows(false);
 }
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void CheckBlitter()
 {
 	if (!SwitchNewGRFBlitter()) return;
 
-	ClearFontCache();
+	ClearFontCaches();
 	GfxClearSpriteCache();
 	ReInitAllWindows(false);
 }
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void GfxLoadSprites()
 
 	SwitchNewGRFBlitter();
 	VideoDriver::GetInstance()->ClearSystemSprites();
-	ClearFontCache();
+	ClearFontCaches();
 	GfxInitSpriteMem();
 	LoadSpriteTables();
 	GfxInitPalettes();
diff --git a/src/openttd.cpp b/src/openttd.cpp
index 31db6b0d60..26051d9ae3 100644
--- a/src/openttd.cpp
+++ b/src/openttd.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static void ShutdownGame()
 	/* No NewGRFs were loaded when it was still bootstrapping. */
 	if (_game_mode != GM_BOOTSTRAP) ResetNewGRFData();
 
-	UninitFontCache();
+	UninitFontCaches();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ int openttd_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	InitializeLanguagePacks();
 
 	/* Initialize the font cache */
-	InitFontCache(false);
+	InitFontCaches();
 
 	/* This must be done early, since functions use the SetWindowDirty* calls */
 	InitWindowSystem();
diff --git a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
index 548fd410cc..a442288e89 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *settings, const std::string &language_is
 		if (best_font != nullptr) {
 			ret = true;
 			callback->SetFontNames(settings, best_font, &best_index);
-			InitFontCache(callback->Monospace());
+			InitFontCache(callback->DefaultSize());
 		}
 
 		/* Clean up the list of filenames. */
diff --git a/src/settings_gui.cpp b/src/settings_gui.cpp
index 07ec5ac1e6..4bf7af8051 100644
--- a/src/settings_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_gui.cpp
@@ -764,9 +764,8 @@ struct GameOptionsWindow : Window {
 				this->SetWidgetDisabledState(WID_GO_GUI_FONT_AA, _fcsettings.prefer_sprite);
 				this->SetDirty();
 
-				InitFontCache(false);
-				InitFontCache(true);
-				ClearFontCache();
+				InitFontCaches();
+				ClearFontCaches();
 				CheckForMissingGlyphs();
 				SetupWidgetDimensions();
 				UpdateAllVirtCoords();
@@ -779,7 +778,7 @@ struct GameOptionsWindow : Window {
 				this->SetWidgetLoweredState(WID_GO_GUI_FONT_AA, _fcsettings.global_aa);
 				MarkWholeScreenDirty();
 
-				ClearFontCache();
+				ClearFontCaches();
 				break;
 #endif /* HAS_TRUETYPE_FONT */
 
diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
index 428f4a5293..dce684cc9c 100644
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ const char *GetCurrentLanguageIsoCode()
  */
 bool MissingGlyphSearcher::FindMissingGlyphs()
 {
-	InitFontCache(this->Monospace());
+	InitFontCache(this->DefaultSize());
 	const Sprite *question_mark[FS_END];
 
 	for (FontSize size = this->Monospace() ? FS_MONO : FS_BEGIN; size < (this->Monospace() ? FS_END : FS_MONO); size++) {
@@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ void CheckForMissingGlyphs(bool base_font, MissingGlyphSearcher *searcher)
 			/* Our fallback font does miss characters too, so keep the
 			 * user chosen font as that is more likely to be any good than
 			 * the wild guess we made */
-			InitFontCache(searcher->Monospace());
+			InitFontCache(searcher->DefaultSize());
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2318,12 +2318,12 @@ void CheckForMissingGlyphs(bool base_font, MissingGlyphSearcher *searcher)
 		ShowErrorMessage(STR_JUST_RAW_STRING, INVALID_STRING_ID, WL_WARNING);
 
 		/* Reset the font width */
-		LoadStringWidthTable(searcher->Monospace());
+		LoadStringWidthTable(searcher->DefaultSize());
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Update the font with cache */
-	LoadStringWidthTable(searcher->Monospace());
+	LoadStringWidthTable(searcher->DefaultSize());
 
 #if !(defined(WITH_ICU_I18N) && defined(WITH_HARFBUZZ)) && !defined(WITH_UNISCRIBE) && !defined(WITH_COCOA)
 	/*