diff --git a/Sources/HTMLStreamer/AttributedStringConverter.swift b/Sources/HTMLStreamer/AttributedStringConverter.swift
index 14edbb3..9da5463 100644
--- a/Sources/HTMLStreamer/AttributedStringConverter.swift
+++ b/Sources/HTMLStreamer/AttributedStringConverter.swift
@@ -11,26 +11,40 @@ import UIKit
 import AppKit
 #endif
 
+#if os(iOS)
+private typealias PlatformFont = UIFont
+#elseif os(macOS)
+private typealias PlatformFont = NSFont
+#endif
+
 public struct AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks: AttributedStringCallbacks> {
     private let configuration: AttributedStringConverterConfiguration
-    private var tokenizer: Tokenizer<String.Iterator>
-    private let str = NSMutableAttributedString()
+    private var fontCache: [FontTrait: PlatformFont] = [:]
+    
+    private var tokenizer: Tokenizer<String.Iterator>!
+    private var str: NSMutableAttributedString!
     
     private var actionStack: InlineArray3<ElementAction> = []
     private var styleStack: InlineArray3<Style> = []
     // The current run of text w/o styles changing
     private var currentRun: String = ""
     
-    public init(html: String, configuration: AttributedStringConverterConfiguration) where Callbacks == DefaultCallbacks {
-        self.init(html: html, configuration: configuration, callbacks: DefaultCallbacks.self)
+    public init(configuration: AttributedStringConverterConfiguration) where Callbacks == DefaultCallbacks {
+        self.init(configuration: configuration, callbacks: DefaultCallbacks.self)
     }
     
-    public init(html: String, configuration: AttributedStringConverterConfiguration, callbacks _: Callbacks.Type = Callbacks.self) {
+    public init(configuration: AttributedStringConverterConfiguration, callbacks _: Callbacks.Type = Callbacks.self) {
         self.configuration = configuration
-        self.tokenizer = Tokenizer(chars: html.makeIterator())
     }
     
-    public mutating func convert() -> NSAttributedString {
+    public mutating func convert(html: String) -> NSAttributedString {
+        tokenizer = Tokenizer(chars: html.makeIterator())
+        str = NSMutableAttributedString()
+        
+        actionStack = []
+        styleStack = []
+        currentRun = ""
+        
         while let token = tokenizer.next() {
             switch token {
             case .character(let c):
@@ -215,7 +229,7 @@ public struct AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks: AttributedStringCallbacks> {
         }
         
         var attributes = [NSAttributedString.Key: Any]()
-        var currentFontTraits = Set<FontTrait>()
+        var currentFontTraits: FontTrait = []
         for style in styleStack {
             switch style {
             case .bold:
@@ -238,23 +252,7 @@ public struct AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks: AttributedStringCallbacks> {
             }
         }
         
-        let baseFont = currentFontTraits.contains(.monospace) ? configuration.monospaceFont : configuration.font
-        var descriptor = baseFont.fontDescriptor
-        if currentFontTraits.contains(.bold) && currentFontTraits.contains(.italic),
-           let boldItalic = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits([.traitBold, .traitItalic]) {
-            descriptor = boldItalic
-        } else if currentFontTraits.contains(.bold),
-           let bold = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits(.traitBold) {
-            descriptor = bold
-        } else if currentFontTraits.contains(.italic),
-           let italic = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits(.traitItalic) {
-            descriptor = italic
-        }
-        #if os(iOS)
-        attributes[.font] = UIFont(descriptor: descriptor, size: 0)
-        #elseif os(macOS)
-        attributes[.font] = NSFont(descriptor: descriptor, size: 0)
-        #endif
+        attributes[.font] = getFont(traits: currentFontTraits)
         
         if !attributes.keys.contains(.paragraphStyle) {
             attributes[.paragraphStyle] = configuration.paragraphStyle
@@ -263,6 +261,28 @@ public struct AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks: AttributedStringCallbacks> {
         str.append(NSAttributedString(string: currentRun, attributes: attributes))
         currentRun = ""
     }
+    
+    private mutating func getFont(traits: FontTrait) -> PlatformFont? {
+        if let cached = fontCache[traits] {
+            return cached
+        }
+        
+        let baseFont = traits.contains(.monospace) ? configuration.monospaceFont : configuration.font
+        var descriptor = baseFont.fontDescriptor
+        if traits.contains(.bold) && traits.contains(.italic),
+           let boldItalic = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits([.traitBold, .traitItalic]) {
+            descriptor = boldItalic
+        } else if traits.contains(.bold),
+           let bold = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits(.traitBold) {
+            descriptor = bold
+        } else if traits.contains(.italic),
+           let italic = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits(.traitItalic) {
+            descriptor = italic
+        }
+        let font = PlatformFont(descriptor: descriptor, size: 0)
+        fontCache[traits] = font
+        return font
+    }
 }
 
 public protocol AttributedStringCallbacks {
@@ -338,10 +358,16 @@ private extension NSFontDescriptor.SymbolicTraits {
 }
 #endif
 
-private enum FontTrait {
-    case bold
-    case italic
-    case monospace
+private struct FontTrait: OptionSet, Hashable {
+    static let bold = FontTrait(rawValue: 1 << 0)
+    static let italic = FontTrait(rawValue: 1 << 1)
+    static let monospace = FontTrait(rawValue: 1 << 2)
+    
+    let rawValue: Int
+    
+    init(rawValue: Int) {
+        self.rawValue = rawValue
+    }
 }
 
 private enum Style {
diff --git a/Tests/HTMLStreamerTests/AttributedStringConverterTests.swift b/Tests/HTMLStreamerTests/AttributedStringConverterTests.swift
index 3620b51..c33346a 100644
--- a/Tests/HTMLStreamerTests/AttributedStringConverterTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/HTMLStreamerTests/AttributedStringConverterTests.swift
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ final class AttributedStringConverterTests: XCTestCase {
             color: .black,
             paragraphStyle: .default
         )
-        var converter = AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks>(html: html, configuration: config)
-        return converter.convert()
+        var converter = AttributedStringConverter<Callbacks>(configuration: config)
+        return converter.convert(html: html)
     }
 
     func testConvertBR() {