What did you do?

See code sample.

What did you expect to happen?

getsize should be fast. I'm trying to use this to implement a text-wrap mechanism (for SVGs), but the moment I add a single call to this in a for loop, timers go up 10 to 20 times slower.

Calling getsize on small text multiple times adds a significant overhead. I wonder if it can be improved somehow, or it is really as good as it can get. For example, 50 calls takes about 50ms (with short text), and increases significantly the bigger the text.

What actually happened?

getsize is slow.

What are your OS, Python and Pillow versions?

• OS: Windows
• Python: 3.7
• Pillow: 7.1.2

font = ImageFont.truetype(font_file, font_size)

# Run the following in a loop
font.getsize(text)