diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
index 23d89cb498..51c231b5f2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
@@ -271,9 +271,12 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Font>> Font::try_load_from_offset(ReadonlyBytes buffer, u3
         return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Maxp");
     auto maxp = TRY(Maxp::from_slice(opt_maxp_slice.value()));
 
-    if (!opt_hmtx_slice.has_value())
-        return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Hmtx");
-    auto hmtx = TRY(Hmtx::from_slice(opt_hmtx_slice.value(), maxp.num_glyphs(), hhea.number_of_h_metrics()));
+    Optional<Hmtx> hmtx;
+    if (!(options.skip_tables & Options::SkipTables::Hmtx)) {
+        if (!opt_hmtx_slice.has_value())
+            return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Hmtx");
+        hmtx = TRY(Hmtx::from_slice(opt_hmtx_slice.value(), maxp.num_glyphs(), hhea.number_of_h_metrics()));
+    }
 
     NonnullOwnPtr<CharCodeToGlyphIndex> cmap = options.external_cmap ? options.external_cmap.release_nonnull() : TRY(CmapCharCodeToGlyphIndex::from_slice(opt_cmap_slice.value()));
 
@@ -412,14 +415,14 @@ Gfx::ScaledGlyphMetrics Font::glyph_metrics(u32 glyph_id, float x_scale, float y
         return embedded_bitmap_metrics.release_value();
     }
 
-    if (!m_loca.has_value() || !m_glyf.has_value()) {
+    if (!m_loca.has_value() || !m_glyf.has_value() || !m_hmtx.has_value()) {
         return Gfx::ScaledGlyphMetrics {};
     }
 
     if (glyph_id >= glyph_count()) {
         glyph_id = 0;
     }
-    auto horizontal_metrics = m_hmtx.get_glyph_horizontal_metrics(glyph_id);
+    auto horizontal_metrics = m_hmtx->get_glyph_horizontal_metrics(glyph_id);
     auto glyph_offset = m_loca->get_glyph_offset(glyph_id);
     auto glyph = m_glyf->glyph(glyph_offset);
     return Gfx::ScaledGlyphMetrics {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
index 16b5c61ba5..823d01b342 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct FontOptions {
     enum SkipTables {
         // If set, do not try to read the 'name' table. family() and variant() will return empty strings.
         Name = 1 << 0,
+
+        // If set, do not try to read the 'hmtx' table. This will make glyph_metrics() return 0 for everyting and is_fixed_width() return true.
+        Hmtx = 1 << 1,
     };
     u32 skip_tables { 0 };
 };
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ private:
         Optional<Name>&& name,
         Hhea&& hhea,
         Maxp&& maxp,
-        Hmtx&& hmtx,
+        Optional<Hmtx>&& hmtx,
         NonnullOwnPtr<CharCodeToGlyphIndex> cmap,
         Optional<Loca>&& loca,
         Optional<Glyf>&& glyf,
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ private:
     Optional<Name> m_name;
     Hhea m_hhea;
     Maxp m_maxp;
-    Hmtx m_hmtx;
+    Optional<Hmtx> m_hmtx;
     Optional<Loca> m_loca;
     Optional<Glyf> m_glyf;
     NonnullOwnPtr<CharCodeToGlyphIndex> m_cmap;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
index cc3b33bac0..8688bfdb18 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Renderer;
 
 // PDF files don't need most of the data in OpenType fonts, and even contain invalid data for
 // these tables in some cases. Skip reading these tables.
-constexpr u32 pdf_skipped_opentype_tables = OpenType::FontOptions::SkipTables::Name;
+constexpr u32 pdf_skipped_opentype_tables = OpenType::FontOptions::SkipTables::Name | OpenType::FontOptions::SkipTables::Hmtx;
 
 class PDFFont : public RefCounted<PDFFont> {
 public: