diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/bin/evas_test_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/bin/evas_test_main.c
index e098305216..cdab2918be 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/bin/evas_test_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/bin/evas_test_main.c
@@ -2046,10 +2046,10 @@ setup(void)
    int                 iw, ih;
 
    evas_font_path_prepend(evas, FN);
-   //  evas_image_cache_set(evas, 1024 * 1024);
-   //  evas_font_cache_set(evas, 256 * 1024);
-   evas_image_cache_set(evas, 0);
-   evas_font_cache_set(evas, 0);
+   evas_image_cache_set(evas, 2048 * 1024);
+   evas_font_cache_set(evas, 1024 * 1024);
+//   evas_image_cache_set(evas, 0);
+//   evas_font_cache_set(evas, 0);
 
    ob = evas_object_image_add(evas);
    evas_object_image_file_set(ob, IM "backdrop.png", NULL);
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
index c986ceac7e..582d0c2ab2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ evas_common_font_draw(RGBA_Image *dst, RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, RGBA_Font *fn, int
 	gl = evas_common_font_utf8_get_next((unsigned char *)text, &chr);
 	if (gl == 0) break;
 	index = FT_Get_Char_Index(fn->src->ft.face, gl);
+	/* hmmm kerning means i can't sanely do my own cached metric tables! */
+	/* grrr - this means font face sharing is kinda... not an option if */
+	/* you want performance */
 	if ((use_kerning) && (prev_index) && (index))
 	  {
 	     FT_Vector delta;
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_load.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_load.c
index 58dd187846..ebc36e3feb 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_load.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_load.c
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ RGBA_Font_Source *
 evas_common_font_source_find(const char *name)
 {
    Evas_Object_List *l;
-   
+
+#if 1 
+   /* this effectively disables sharing out loaded outlines between */
+   /* multiple sizes of the same font. because FT_Set_Char_Size() needs */
+   /* to be called to update the fonts size output and caluclations */
+   /* for a different face size, but this can be SLOOOW */
+   return NULL;
+#endif   
    if (!name) return NULL;
    for (l = fonts_src; l; l = l->next)
      {
@@ -113,6 +120,7 @@ void
 evas_common_font_size_use(RGBA_Font *fn)
 {
    if (fn->src->current_size == fn->real_size) return;
+   /* This call is evil and SLOW! */
    FT_Set_Char_Size(fn->src->ft.face, 0, fn->real_size, 96, 96);
    fn->src->current_size = fn->real_size;
 }
@@ -173,11 +181,11 @@ evas_common_font_load_init(RGBA_Font *fn)
    int error;
    
    fn->real_size = fn->size * 64;
-   error = FT_Set_Char_Size(fn->src->ft.face, 0, (fn->size * 64), 96, 96);
+   error = FT_Set_Char_Size(fn->src->ft.face, 0, fn->real_size, 96, 96);
    if (error)
      {
-	error = FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(fn->src->ft.face, 0, fn->size);
 	fn->real_size = fn->size;
+	error = FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(fn->src->ft.face, 0, fn->real_size);
      }
    if (error)
      {
@@ -202,12 +210,12 @@ evas_common_font_load_init(RGBA_Font *fn)
 	       }
 	     if (d == 0) break;
 	  }
-	error = FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(fn->src->ft.face, chosen_width, chosen_size);
+	fn->real_size = chosen_size;
+	error = FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(fn->src->ft.face, chosen_width, fn->real_size);
 	if (error)
 	  {
 	     /* couldn't choose the size anyway... what now? */
 	  }
-	fn->real_size = chosen_size;
      }
    fn->src->current_size = fn->real_size;
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_main.c
index 9442935330..e835981369 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ evas_common_font_ascent_get(RGBA_Font *fn)
    int val;
    int ret;
    
+   evas_common_font_size_use(fn);
    val = (int)fn->src->ft.face->ascender;
    fn->src->ft.face->units_per_EM = 2048; /* nasy hack - need to have correct val */
    ret = (val * fn->src->ft.face->size->metrics.y_scale) / (fn->src->ft.face->units_per_EM * fn->src->ft.face->units_per_EM);