diff --git a/data/core/style.lua b/data/core/style.lua
index 60df7c73..7cf16eb1 100644
--- a/data/core/style.lua
+++ b/data/core/style.lua
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ style.tab_width = common.round(170 * SCALE)
 -- On High DPI monitor or non RGB monitor you may consider using antialiasing grayscale instead.
 -- The antialiasing grayscale with full hinting is interesting for crisp font rendering.
 style.font = renderer.font.load(DATADIR .. "/fonts/FiraSans-Regular.ttf", 13 * SCALE)
-style.big_font = renderer.font.load(DATADIR .. "/fonts/FiraSans-Regular.ttf", 40 * SCALE)
+style.big_font = style.font:copy(40 * SCALE)
 style.icon_font = renderer.font.load(DATADIR .. "/fonts/icons.ttf", 14 * SCALE, {antialiasing="grayscale", hinting="full"})
-style.icon_big_font = renderer.font.load(DATADIR .. "/fonts/icons.ttf", 20 * SCALE, {antialiasing="grayscale", hinting="full"})
+style.icon_big_font = style.icon_font:copy(20 * SCALE)
 style.code_font = renderer.font.load(DATADIR .. "/fonts/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf", 13 * SCALE)
 
 style.background = { common.color "#2e2e32" }
diff --git a/src/api/renderer_font.c b/src/api/renderer_font.c
index f510da70..7c6587ea 100644
--- a/src/api/renderer_font.c
+++ b/src/api/renderer_font.c
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ static int f_load(lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
+static int f_copy(lua_State *L) {
+  FontDesc *self = luaL_checkudata(L, 1, API_TYPE_FONT);
+  float size;
+  if (lua_gettop(L) >= 2) {
+    size = luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
+  } else {
+    size = self->size;
+  }
+  FontDesc *new_font_desc = lua_newuserdata(L, font_desc_alloc_size(self->filename));
+  font_desc_init(new_font_desc, self->filename, size, self->options);
+  luaL_setmetatable(L, API_TYPE_FONT);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+
 static int f_set_tab_size(lua_State *L) {
   FontDesc *self = luaL_checkudata(L, 1, API_TYPE_FONT);
   int n = luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
@@ -123,6 +138,7 @@ static int f_set_size(lua_State *L) {
 static const luaL_Reg lib[] = {
   { "__gc",               f_gc                 },
   { "load",               f_load               },
+  { "copy",               f_copy               },
   { "set_tab_size",       f_set_tab_size      },
   { "get_width",          f_get_width          },
   { "get_width_subpixel", f_get_width_subpixel },