diff --git a/glyph/CHANGELOG.md b/glyph/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ba9465..54cad58 100644
--- a/glyph/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/glyph/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Unreleased
-* Update _owned_ttf_parser_ to `0.12.1` to ensure consistent glyph bounding box behaviour.
+* Update _owned-ttf-parser_ to `0.13.2`.
+* Pre-parse cmap & kern subtables on all `Font` variants at initialization. This provides
+  much faster `glyph_id` & `kern` method performance, results in 25-30% faster layout 
+  benchmark performance.
 
 # 0.2.11
 * `Font::outline` will return `None` for rare invalid/empty glyph bounds instead of panicking.
diff --git a/glyph/Cargo.toml b/glyph/Cargo.toml
index a244672..3436702 100644
--- a/glyph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/glyph/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme="README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
-owned_ttf_parser = { version = "0.12.1", default-features = false }
+owned_ttf_parser = { version = "0.13.2", default-features = false }
 ab_glyph_rasterizer = { version = "0.1.2", path = "../rasterizer", default-features = false }
 # no_std float stuff
 # renamed to enable a "libm" feature
diff --git a/glyph/src/ttfp.rs b/glyph/src/ttfp.rs
index ba5177d..e1685a3 100644
--- a/glyph/src/ttfp.rs
+++ b/glyph/src/ttfp.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
 use core::fmt;
-use owned_ttf_parser::AsFaceRef;
+use owned_ttf_parser::{self as ttfp, AsFaceRef};
 
-impl From<GlyphId> for owned_ttf_parser::GlyphId {
+impl From<GlyphId> for ttfp::GlyphId {
     #[inline]
     fn from(id: GlyphId) -> Self {
         Self(id.0)
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ pub struct GlyphImage<'a> {
     pub format: GlyphImageFormat,
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<owned_ttf_parser::RasterGlyphImage<'a>> for GlyphImage<'a> {
-    fn from(img: owned_ttf_parser::RasterGlyphImage<'a>) -> Self {
+impl<'a> From<ttfp::RasterGlyphImage<'a>> for GlyphImage<'a> {
+    fn from(img: ttfp::RasterGlyphImage<'a>) -> Self {
         GlyphImage {
             origin: point(img.x.into(), img.y.into()),
             scale: img.pixels_per_em.into(),
             data: img.data,
             format: match img.format {
-                owned_ttf_parser::RasterImageFormat::PNG => GlyphImageFormat::Png,
+                ttfp::RasterImageFormat::PNG => GlyphImageFormat::Png,
             },
         }
     }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub enum GlyphImageFormat {
 /// # Ok(()) }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct FontRef<'font>(owned_ttf_parser::Face<'font>);
+pub struct FontRef<'font>(ttfp::PreParsedSubtables<'font, ttfp::Face<'font>>);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for FontRef<'_> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ impl<'font> FontRef<'font> {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn try_from_slice_and_index(data: &'font [u8], index: u32) -> Result<Self, InvalidFont> {
-        Ok(Self(
-            owned_ttf_parser::Face::from_slice(data, index).map_err(|_| InvalidFont)?,
-        ))
+        Ok(Self(ttfp::PreParsedSubtables::from(
+            ttfp::Face::from_slice(data, index).map_err(|_| InvalidFont)?,
+        )))
     }
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl<'font> FontRef<'font> {
 /// assert_eq!(font.glyph_id('s'), ab_glyph::GlyphId(56));
 /// # Ok(()) }
 /// ```
-pub struct FontVec(owned_ttf_parser::OwnedFace);
+pub struct FontVec(ttfp::PreParsedSubtables<'static, ttfp::OwnedFace>);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for FontVec {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ impl FontVec {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn try_from_vec_and_index(data: Vec<u8>, index: u32) -> Result<Self, InvalidFont> {
-        Ok(Self(
-            owned_ttf_parser::OwnedFace::from_vec(data, index).map_err(|_| InvalidFont)?,
-        ))
+        Ok(Self(ttfp::PreParsedSubtables::from(
+            ttfp::OwnedFace::from_vec(data, index).map_err(|_| InvalidFont)?,
+        )))
     }
 }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_font {
         impl Font for $font {
             #[inline]
             fn units_per_em(&self) -> Option<f32> {
-                self.0.as_face_ref().units_per_em().map(f32::from)
+                // TODO unwrap signature when making next breaking change
+                Some(self.0.as_face_ref().units_per_em().into())
             }
 
             #[inline]
@@ -205,12 +206,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_font {
 
             #[inline]
             fn glyph_id(&self, c: char) -> GlyphId {
-                let index = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_face_ref()
-                    .glyph_index(c)
-                    .map(|id| id.0)
-                    .unwrap_or(0);
+                // Note: Using `PreParsedSubtables` method for better performance.
+                let index = self.0.glyph_index(c).map(|id| id.0).unwrap_or(0);
                 GlyphId(index)
             }
 
@@ -252,11 +249,9 @@ macro_rules! impl_font {
 
             #[inline]
             fn kern_unscaled(&self, first: GlyphId, second: GlyphId) -> f32 {
+                // Note: Using `PreParsedSubtables` method for better performance.
                 self.0
-                    .as_face_ref()
-                    .kerning_subtables()
-                    .filter(|st| st.is_horizontal() && !st.is_variable())
-                    .find_map(|st| st.glyphs_kerning(first.into(), second.into()))
+                    .glyphs_hor_kerning(first.into(), second.into())
                     .map(f32::from)
                     .unwrap_or_default()
             }
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_font {
             fn outline(&self, id: GlyphId) -> Option<Outline> {
                 let mut outliner = outliner::OutlineCurveBuilder::default();
 
-                let owned_ttf_parser::Rect {
+                let ttfp::Rect {
                     x_min,
                     x_max,
                     y_min,
@@ -302,13 +297,17 @@ macro_rules! impl_font {
 
                 let inner = Box::new(
                     face_ref
-                        .character_mapping_subtables()
+                        .tables()
+                        .cmap
+                        .iter()
+                        .flat_map(|c| c.subtables)
                         .filter(|s| s.is_unicode())
                         .flat_map(move |subtable| {
                             let mut pairs = Vec::new();
                             subtable.codepoints(|c| {
                                 if let Ok(ch) = char::try_from(c) {
-                                    if let Some(idx) = subtable.glyph_index(c).filter(|i| i.0 > 0) {
+                                    if let Some(idx) = subtable.glyph_index(ch).filter(|i| i.0 > 0)
+                                    {
                                         if used_indices.insert(idx.0) {
                                             pairs.push((GlyphId(idx.0), ch));
                                         }