diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
index 6978b2983f3..9b9d08c36be 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ public class Forge implements ApplicationListener {
             public void run() {
                 FModel.initialize(splashScreen.getProgressBar());
 
-                splashScreen.getProgressBar().setDescription("Finishing startup...");
+                splashScreen.getProgressBar().setDescription("Loading fonts");
+                FSkinFont.preloadAll();
+
+                splashScreen.getProgressBar().setDescription("Finishing startup");
 
                 Gdx.app.postRunnable(new Runnable() {
                     @Override
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/GuiMobile.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/GuiMobile.java
index e8396600d73..5c5325d02d7 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/GuiMobile.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/GuiMobile.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import forge.sound.IAudioClip;
 import forge.toolbox.FOptionPane;
 import forge.toolbox.GuiChoose;
 import forge.util.ITriggerEvent;
-import forge.util.ThreadUtil;
 import forge.util.WaitCallback;
 import forge.util.WaitRunnable;
 import forge.util.gui.SGuiChoose;
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ public class GuiMobile implements IGuiBase {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isGuiThread() {
-        return !ThreadUtil.isGameThread();
+        return Thread.currentThread().getName().startsWith("LWJGL");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
index c52ebc901ec..014d00c392c 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/FSkinFont.java
@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.BitmapFontData;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.PixmapPacker;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureRegion;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGenerator;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.PixmapTextureData;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
 
+import forge.FThreads;
 import forge.util.Utils;
 
 public class FSkinFont {
     public static final int MIN_FONT_SIZE = Math.round(8 / Utils.MAX_RATIO);
+    public static final int MAX_FONT_SIZE = Math.round(72 / Utils.MAX_RATIO);
 
     private static final String TTF_FILE = "font1.ttf";
     private static final Map<Integer, FSkinFont> fonts = new HashMap<Integer, FSkinFont>();
-    private static final int FONT_PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    private static final int MAX_FONT_SIZE = 72; //don't generate fonts larger than this, use scaling instead
 
     public static FSkinFont get(final int size0) {
         FSkinFont skinFont = fonts.get(size0);
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ public class FSkinFont {
         }
     }
 
+    //pre-load all supported font sizes
+    public static void preloadAll() {
+        for (int size = MIN_FONT_SIZE; size <= MAX_FONT_SIZE; size++) {
+            get(size);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void updateAll() {
         for (FSkinFont skinFont : fonts.values()) {
             skinFont.updateFont();
@@ -66,70 +74,76 @@ public class FSkinFont {
     }
 
     private void updateFont() {
-        float scale = 1;
         int fontSize = (int)Utils.scaleMax(size);
-        try {
-            if (fontSize > MAX_FONT_SIZE) { //scale if larger than max font size
-                scale = (float)fontSize / (float)MAX_FONT_SIZE;
-                fontSize = MAX_FONT_SIZE;
-            }
-            String fontName = "f" + fontSize;
-            FileHandle fontFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir() + fontName + ".fnt");
-            if (fontFile.exists()) {
-                font = new BitmapFont(fontFile);
-            }
-            else {
-                FileHandle ttfFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getDir() + TTF_FILE);
-                font = generateFont(ttfFile, fontName, fontSize);
-            }
+        String fontName = "f" + fontSize;
+        FileHandle fontFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir() + fontName + ".fnt");
+        if (fontFile.exists()) {
+            final BitmapFontData data = new BitmapFontData(fontFile, false);
+            FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() { //font must be initialized on UI thread
+                    font = new BitmapFont(data, (TextureRegion)null, true);
+                }
+            });
         }
-        catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        if (font == null) {
-            font = new BitmapFont(); //use scaled default font as fallback
-            scale = (float)fontSize / 15; //default font has size 15
-        }
-        font.setUseIntegerPositions(true); //prevent parts of text getting cut off at times
-        if (scale != 1) {
-            font.setScale(scale);
+        else {
+            FileHandle ttfFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getDir() + TTF_FILE);
+            generateFont(ttfFile, fontName, fontSize);
         }
     }
 
-    private BitmapFont generateFont(FileHandle ttfFile, String fontName, int fontSize) {
-        if (!ttfFile.exists()) { return null; }
+    private void generateFont(final FileHandle ttfFile, final String fontName, final int fontSize) {
+        if (!ttfFile.exists()) { return; }
 
-        FreeTypeFontGenerator generator = new FreeTypeFontGenerator(ttfFile);
+        final FreeTypeFontGenerator generator = new FreeTypeFontGenerator(ttfFile);
 
-        PixmapPacker packer = new PixmapPacker(FONT_PAGE_SIZE, FONT_PAGE_SIZE, Pixmap.Format.RGBA8888, 2, false);
-        FreeTypeFontGenerator.FreeTypeBitmapFontData fontData = generator.generateData(fontSize, FreeTypeFontGenerator.DEFAULT_CHARS, false, packer);
-        Array<PixmapPacker.Page> pages = packer.getPages();
-        TextureRegion[] texRegions = new TextureRegion[pages.size];
-        for (int i=0; i<pages.size; i++) {
-            PixmapPacker.Page p = pages.get(i);
-            Texture texture = new Texture(new PixmapTextureData(p.getPixmap(), p.getPixmap().getFormat(), false, false)) {
-                @Override
-                public void dispose() {
-                    super.dispose();
-                    getTextureData().consumePixmap().dispose();
-                }
-            };
-            texture.setFilter(Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest, Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest);
-            texRegions[i] = new TextureRegion(texture);
+        //approximate optimal page size
+        int pageSize;
+        if (fontSize >= 28) {
+            pageSize = 256;
+        }
+        else {
+            pageSize = 128;
         }
 
-        BitmapFont font = new BitmapFont(fontData, texRegions, false);
+        //only generate images for characters that could be used by Forge
+        String chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890\"!?'.,;:()[]{}<>|/@\\^$-%+=#_&*";
 
-        //create .fnt and .png files for font
-        FileHandle fontFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir() + fontName + ".fnt");
-        FileHandle pixmapDir = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir());
-        BitmapFontWriter.setOutputFormat(BitmapFontWriter.OutputFormat.Text);
+        final PixmapPacker packer = new PixmapPacker(pageSize, pageSize, Pixmap.Format.RGBA8888, 2, false);
+        final FreeTypeFontGenerator.FreeTypeBitmapFontData fontData = generator.generateData(fontSize, chars, false, packer);
+        final Array<PixmapPacker.Page> pages = packer.getPages();
 
-        String[] pageRefs = BitmapFontWriter.writePixmaps(packer.getPages(), pixmapDir, fontName);
-        BitmapFontWriter.writeFont(font.getData(), pageRefs, fontFile, new BitmapFontWriter.FontInfo(fontName, fontSize), 1, 1);
+        //finish generating font on UI thread
+        FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                TextureRegion[] textureRegions = new TextureRegion[pages.size];
+                for (int i = 0; i < pages.size; i++) {
+                    PixmapPacker.Page p = pages.get(i);
+                    Texture texture = new Texture(new PixmapTextureData(p.getPixmap(), p.getPixmap().getFormat(), false, false)) {
+                        @Override
+                        public void dispose() {
+                            super.dispose();
+                            getTextureData().consumePixmap().dispose();
+                        }
+                    };
+                    texture.setFilter(Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest, Texture.TextureFilter.Nearest);
+                    textureRegions[i] = new TextureRegion(texture);
+                }
 
-        generator.dispose();
-        packer.dispose();
-        return font;
+                font = new BitmapFont(fontData, textureRegions, true);
+
+                //create .fnt and .png files for font
+                FileHandle fontFile = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir() + fontName + ".fnt");
+                FileHandle pixmapDir = Gdx.files.absolute(FSkin.getFontDir());
+                BitmapFontWriter.setOutputFormat(BitmapFontWriter.OutputFormat.Text);
+
+                String[] pageRefs = BitmapFontWriter.writePixmaps(packer.getPages(), pixmapDir, fontName);
+                BitmapFontWriter.writeFont(font.getData(), pageRefs, fontFile, new BitmapFontWriter.FontInfo(fontName, fontSize), 1, 1);
+
+                generator.dispose();
+                packer.dispose();
+            }
+        });
     }
 }