diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
index a7eaedc608..23d89cb498 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.cpp
@@ -256,9 +256,12 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Font>> Font::try_load_from_offset(ReadonlyBytes buffer, u3
         return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Head");
     auto head = TRY(Head::from_slice(opt_head_slice.value()));
 
-    if (!opt_name_slice.has_value())
-        return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Name");
-    auto name = TRY(Name::from_slice(opt_name_slice.value()));
+    Optional<Name> name;
+    if (!(options.skip_tables & Options::SkipTables::Name)) {
+        if (!opt_name_slice.has_value())
+            return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Name");
+        name = TRY(Name::from_slice(opt_name_slice.value()));
+    }
 
     if (!opt_hhea_slice.has_value())
         return Error::from_string_literal("Font is missing Hhea");
@@ -544,12 +547,15 @@ u16 Font::units_per_em() const
 
 String Font::family() const
 {
+    if (!m_name.has_value())
+        return {};
+
     if (!m_family.has_value()) {
         m_family = [&] {
-            auto string = m_name.typographic_family_name();
+            auto string = m_name->typographic_family_name();
             if (!string.is_empty())
                 return string;
-            return m_name.family_name();
+            return m_name->family_name();
         }();
     }
     return *m_family;
@@ -557,10 +563,13 @@ String Font::family() const
 
 String Font::variant() const
 {
-    auto string = m_name.typographic_subfamily_name();
+    if (!m_name.has_value())
+        return {};
+
+    auto string = m_name->typographic_subfamily_name();
     if (!string.is_empty())
         return string;
-    return m_name.subfamily_name();
+    return m_name->subfamily_name();
 }
 
 u16 Font::weight() const
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
index 722ba26bff..16b5c61ba5 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ public:
 struct FontOptions {
     unsigned index { 0 };
     OwnPtr<CharCodeToGlyphIndex> external_cmap {};
+
+    enum SkipTables {
+        // If set, do not try to read the 'name' table. family() and variant() will return empty strings.
+        Name = 1 << 0,
+    };
+    u32 skip_tables { 0 };
 };
 
 class Font : public Gfx::VectorFont {
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ private:
 
     Font(
         Head&& head,
-        Name&& name,
+        Optional<Name>&& name,
         Hhea&& hhea,
         Maxp&& maxp,
         Hmtx&& hmtx,
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ private:
 
     // These are stateful wrappers around non-owning slices
     Head m_head;
-    Name m_name;
+    Optional<Name> m_name;
     Hhea m_hhea;
     Maxp m_maxp;
     Hmtx m_hmtx;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
index 722bf13900..cc3b33bac0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/PDFFont.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/HashMap.h>
 #include <AK/Tuple.h>
+#include <LibGfx/Font/OpenType/Font.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Forward.h>
 #include <LibPDF/Document.h>
 #include <LibPDF/Encoding.h>
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ namespace PDF {
 
 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;
+
 class PDFFont : public RefCounted<PDFFont> {
 public:
     static PDFErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<PDFFont>> create(Document*, NonnullRefPtr<DictObject> const&, float font_size);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/TrueTypeFont.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/TrueTypeFont.cpp
index 2e61285446..e764c7ec6a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/TrueTypeFont.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/TrueTypeFont.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PDFErrorOr<void> TrueTypeFont::initialize(Document* document, NonnullRefPtr<Dict
         auto descriptor = MUST(dict->get_dict(document, CommonNames::FontDescriptor));
         if (descriptor->contains(CommonNames::FontFile2)) {
             auto font_file_stream = TRY(descriptor->get_stream(document, CommonNames::FontFile2));
-            auto ttf_font = TRY(OpenType::Font::try_load_from_externally_owned_memory(font_file_stream->bytes()));
+            auto ttf_font = TRY(OpenType::Font::try_load_from_externally_owned_memory(font_file_stream->bytes(), { .skip_tables = pdf_skipped_opentype_tables }));
             float point_size = (font_size * POINTS_PER_INCH) / DEFAULT_DPI;
             m_font = adopt_ref(*new Gfx::ScaledFont(*ttf_font, point_size, point_size));
         }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/Type0Font.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/Type0Font.cpp
index 18881db15d..855444812f 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/Type0Font.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Fonts/Type0Font.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ PDFErrorOr<NonnullOwnPtr<CIDFontType2>> CIDFontType2::create(Document* document,
     if (descriptor->contains(CommonNames::FontFile2)) {
         auto font_file_stream = TRY(descriptor->get_stream(document, CommonNames::FontFile2));
         float point_size = (font_size * POINTS_PER_INCH) / DEFAULT_DPI;
-        auto ttf_font = TRY(OpenType::Font::try_load_from_externally_owned_memory(font_file_stream->bytes(), { .external_cmap = move(cid_to_gid_map) }));
+        auto ttf_font = TRY(OpenType::Font::try_load_from_externally_owned_memory(font_file_stream->bytes(), { .external_cmap = move(cid_to_gid_map), .skip_tables = pdf_skipped_opentype_tables }));
         font = adopt_ref(*new Gfx::ScaledFont(*ttf_font, point_size, point_size));
     }