diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
index 5e21f572d6..cbf91853c9 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
@@ -1222,8 +1222,10 @@ static private Font createFont(String filename, int size) throws IOException, Fo
     Font font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, input);
     input.close();
 
-    GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
-    ge.registerFont(font);
+    new Thread(() -> {
+      GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+      ge.registerFont(font);
+    }, "FontRegisterer").start();
 
     return font.deriveFont((float) size);
   }