diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/import_scan.rs b/crates/pdf/src/import_scan.rs
index 9263bcd5a..4f4e35dd3 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/import_scan.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/import_scan.rs
@@ -455,12 +455,15 @@ fn blank_tail(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-struct Walker<'w, 'p> {
+pub(crate) struct Walker<'w, 'p> {
     ocgs: &'w mut Ocgs,
     /// The groups that are off for the interpreter (none once [`all_on`] turned them on).
     off: HashSet<ObjectIdentifier>,
     xref: &'p craft_pdf::syntax::xref::XRef,
-    fonts: &'w mut FontNames,
+    pub(crate) fonts: &'w mut FontNames,
+    /// The font dictionaries ([`Dict::cache_key`]) whose fonts were noted: a form drawn again with
+    /// the same resources isn't read for its fonts again.
+    pub(crate) font_dicts: HashSet<u128>,
     visible: Vec<bool>,
     ops: usize,
     max_ops: usize,
@@ -632,6 +635,9 @@ impl Walker<'_, '_> {
     }
 
     fn note_fonts(&mut self, res: &Resources<'_>) {
+        if !self.font_dicts.insert(res.fonts.cache_key()) {
+            return;
+        }
         for key in res.fonts.keys() {
             if let Some(f) = res.fonts.get::<Dict<'_>>(key.as_ref())
                 && let Some(name) = font_name(&f)
@@ -1049,13 +1055,20 @@ pub(crate) fn scan_page(page: &Page<'_>, ocgs: &mut Ocgs, all_on: bool, fonts: &
     if scan.cut { Err(incomplete_content()) } else { Ok(scan) }
 }
 
-fn walk_page<'w, 'p>(page: &Page<'p>, ocgs: &'w mut Ocgs, all_on: bool, fonts: &'w mut FontNames, max_form_bytes: usize) -> Walker<'w, 'p> {
+pub(crate) fn walk_page<'w, 'p>(
+    page: &Page<'p>,
+    ocgs: &'w mut Ocgs,
+    all_on: bool,
+    fonts: &'w mut FontNames,
+    max_form_bytes: usize,
+) -> Walker<'w, 'p> {
     let off = if all_on { HashSet::new() } else { ocgs.off.clone() };
     let mut w = Walker {
         ocgs,
         off,
         xref: page.xref(),
         fonts,
+        font_dicts: HashSet::new(),
         visible: vec![],
         ops: 0,
         max_ops: max_ops(),
diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/tests/import_fidelity.rs b/crates/pdf/src/tests/import_fidelity.rs
index e60f3e98c..d66c8bd86 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/tests/import_fidelity.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/tests/import_fidelity.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,22 @@ fn a_composite_font_is_noted_by_its_cid_font_name() {
     assert_eq!(noted("<< /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Vctest-Identity-H >>"), ["Vctest-Identity-H"]);
 }
 
+/// A form drawn again and again without resources of its own reads the page's font dictionary once,
+/// not at every drawing; the fonts are noted all the same.
+#[test]
+fn a_form_drawn_many_times_reads_its_font_resources_once() {
+    let form_no = first_extra(1);
+    let form = stream("/Type /XObject /Subtype /Form /BBox [0 0 100 100]", "0 0 1 rg 50 50 30 30 re f");
+    let resources = format!("/Font << /F1 << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica >> >> /XObject << /X0 {form_no} 0 R >>");
+    let page = PdfPage { resources, ..PdfPage::new(100.0, 100.0, &format!("BT /F1 24 Tf 10 30 Td (Hi) Tj ET {}", "/X0 Do ".repeat(500))) };
+    let pdf = craft_pdf::syntax::Pdf::new(pdf_with(&[page], &[&form], None)).unwrap();
+    let mut fonts = crate::import_scan::FontNames::new();
+    let mut ocgs = crate::import_scan::Ocgs::read(&pdf);
+    let walk = crate::import_scan::walk_page(&pdf.pages()[0], &mut ocgs, false, &mut fonts, pdf.decode_limits().max_decoded_stream());
+    assert_eq!(walk.font_dicts.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(walk.fonts.len(), 1);
+}
+
 /// A value of the page's font dictionary that the reader can't parse (a name with a broken `#`
 /// escape, a number with a stray `-`) is left out when the page's fonts are noted, and the fonts
 /// after it are noted.