diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
index 54b83abd8b8..b9f59339c6b 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
                 Gdx.app.exit(); //can't continue if this fails
             }
         }
-        else if (Forge.CURRENT_VERSION.equals(FileUtil.readFileToString(versionFile)) && FSkin.getFontDir() != null) {
+        else if (Forge.CURRENT_VERSION.equals(FileUtil.readFileToString(versionFile)) && FSkin.getSkinDir() != null) {
             return; //if version matches what had been previously saved and FSkin isn't requesting assets download, no need to download assets
         }
 
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkin.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkin.java
index 5c0572af531..6c500929131 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkin.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkin.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public class FSkin {
 
     private static ArrayList<String> allSkins;
     private static FileHandle preferredDir;
-    private static FileHandle preferredFontDir;
     private static String preferredName;
     private static boolean loaded = false;
 
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ public class FSkin {
         if (!dir.exists() || !dir.isDirectory()) {
             //if skins directory doesn't exist, point to internal assets/skin directory instead for the sake of the splash screen
             preferredDir = Gdx.files.internal("fallback_skin");
-            preferredFontDir = null;
         }
         else {
             if (splashScreen != null) {
@@ -107,9 +105,8 @@ public class FSkin {
 
             // Non-default (preferred) skin name and dir.
             preferredDir = Gdx.files.absolute(ForgeConstants.SKINS_DIR + preferredName);
-            preferredFontDir = Gdx.files.absolute(ForgeConstants.CACHE_DIR + "fonts/" + preferredName);
-            if (!preferredFontDir.exists() || !preferredFontDir.isDirectory()) {
-                preferredFontDir.mkdirs();
+            if (!preferredDir.exists() || !preferredDir.isDirectory()) {
+                preferredDir.mkdirs();
             }
         }
 
@@ -287,18 +284,8 @@ public class FSkin {
         return Gdx.files.absolute(ForgeConstants.DEFAULT_SKINS_DIR + filename);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets a FileHandle for the directory where fonts should be cached
-     */
-    public static FileHandle getFontDir() {
-        return preferredFontDir;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a FileHandle for a file within the directory where fonts should be cached
-     */
-    public static FileHandle getFontFile(String filename) {
-        return preferredFontDir != null ? preferredFontDir.child(filename) : null;
+    public static FileHandle getSkinDir() {
+        return preferredDir;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
index 193bfa5beed..1cf7d830f1b 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package forge.assets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap;
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.PixmapTextureData;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
 
 import forge.FThreads;
+import forge.properties.ForgeConstants;
+import forge.util.FileUtil;
 import forge.util.Utils;
 
 public class FSkinFont {
@@ -28,6 +31,10 @@ public class FSkinFont {
     private static final String TTF_FILE = "font1.ttf";
     private static final Map<Integer, FSkinFont> fonts = new HashMap<Integer, FSkinFont>();
 
+    static {
+        FileUtil.ensureDirectoryExists(ForgeConstants.FONTS_DIR);
+    }
+
     public static FSkinFont get(final int unscaledSize) {
         return _get((int)Utils.scaleMax(unscaledSize));
     }
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ public class FSkinFont {
         }
 
         String fontName = "f" + fontSize;
-        FileHandle fontFile = FSkin.getFontFile(fontName + ".fnt");
+        FileHandle fontFile = Gdx.files.absolute(ForgeConstants.FONTS_DIR + fontName + ".fnt");
         if (fontFile != null && fontFile.exists()) {
             final BitmapFontData data = new BitmapFontData(fontFile, false);
             FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(new Runnable() {
@@ -203,9 +210,9 @@ public class FSkinFont {
                 font = new BitmapFont(fontData, textureRegions, true);
 
                 //create .fnt and .png files for font
-                FileHandle pixmapDir = FSkin.getFontDir();
+                FileHandle pixmapDir = Gdx.files.absolute(ForgeConstants.FONTS_DIR);
                 if (pixmapDir != null) {
-                    FileHandle fontFile = FSkin.getFontFile(fontName + ".fnt");
+                    FileHandle fontFile = pixmapDir.child(fontName + ".fnt");
                     BitmapFontWriter.setOutputFormat(BitmapFontWriter.OutputFormat.Text);
     
                     String[] pageRefs = BitmapFontWriter.writePixmaps(packer.getPages(), pixmapDir, fontName);
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/properties/ForgeConstants.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/properties/ForgeConstants.java
index 24314edd26a..ddf9bb6359b 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/properties/ForgeConstants.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/properties/ForgeConstants.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public final class ForgeConstants {
     // data that is only in the cached dir
     private static final String PICS_DIR                     = CACHE_DIR + "pics/";
     public static final String DB_DIR                        = CACHE_DIR + "db/";
+    public static final String FONTS_DIR                     = CACHE_DIR + "fonts/";
     public static final String CACHE_TOKEN_PICS_DIR          = PICS_DIR + "tokens/";
     public static final String CACHE_ICON_PICS_DIR           = PICS_DIR + "icons/";
     public static final String CACHE_SYMBOLS_DIR             = PICS_DIR + "symbols/";