diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.cpp b/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.cpp
index f4d18c0296252..8d046227b6da1 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.cpp
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const uint32_t TEXT_STYLE_VS = 0xFE0E;
 
 uint32_t FontCollection::sNextId = 0;
 
+const uint32_t kMinFallbackScore = 0x20000000;
+std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>> sFallbackFamilies;
+
 // libtxt: return a locale string for a language list ID
 std::string GetFontLocale(uint32_t langListId) {
   const FontLanguages& langs = FontLanguageListCache::getById(langListId);
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ FontCollection::FontCollection(
   init(typefaces);
 }
 
+FontCollection::~FontCollection() {
+  sFallbackFamilies.clear();
+}
+
 void FontCollection::init(
     const vector<std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>>& typefaces) {
   std::scoped_lock _l(gMinikinLock);
@@ -299,12 +306,20 @@ const std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>& FontCollection::getFamilyForChar(
     uint32_t langListId,
     int variant) const {
   if (ch >= mMaxChar) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sFallbackFamilies.size(); i++) {
+      const uint32_t score =
+          calcFamilyScore(ch, vs, variant, langListId, sFallbackFamilies[i]);
+      if (score >= kMinFallbackScore) {
+        return sFallbackFamilies[i];
+      }
+    }
     // libtxt: check if the fallback font provider can match this character
     if (mFallbackFontProvider) {
       const std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>& fallback =
           mFallbackFontProvider->matchFallbackFont(ch,
                                                    GetFontLocale(langListId));
       if (fallback) {
+        sFallbackFamilies.push_back(fallback);
         return fallback;
       }
     }
@@ -337,12 +352,20 @@ const std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>& FontCollection::getFamilyForChar(
     }
   }
   if (bestFamilyIndex == -1) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sFallbackFamilies.size(); i++) {
+      const uint32_t score =
+          calcFamilyScore(ch, vs, variant, langListId, sFallbackFamilies[i]);
+      if (score >= kMinFallbackScore) {
+        return sFallbackFamilies[i];
+      }
+    }
     // libtxt: check if the fallback font provider can match this character
     if (mFallbackFontProvider) {
       const std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>& fallback =
           mFallbackFontProvider->matchFallbackFont(ch,
                                                    GetFontLocale(langListId));
       if (fallback) {
+        sFallbackFamilies.push_back(fallback);
         return fallback;
       }
     }
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.h b/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.h
index 48365a64ac841..142777dc87cfc 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.h
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/minikin/FontCollection.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class FontCollection {
       const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>>& typefaces);
   explicit FontCollection(std::shared_ptr<FontFamily>&& typeface);
 
+  ~FontCollection();
+
   // libtxt extension: an interface for looking up fallback fonts for characters
   // that do not match this collection's font families.
   class FallbackFontProvider {