diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas.js b/src/ol/render/canvas.js
index 710519d128..233e0e048d 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.canvas');
 
 goog.require('ol.css');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.obj');
 goog.require('ol.structs.LRUCache');
 goog.require('ol.transform');
 
@@ -98,11 +99,23 @@ ol.render.canvas.labelCache = new ol.structs.LRUCache();
 
 
 /**
- * @type {!Object.<string, (number)>}
+ * @type {!Object.<string, number>}
  */
 ol.render.canvas.checkedFonts_ = {};
 
 
+/**
+ * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.measureContext_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * @type {!Object.<string, number>}
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.textHeights_ = {};
+
+
 /**
  * Clears the label cache when a font becomes available.
  * @param {string} fontSpec CSS font spec.
@@ -112,14 +125,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.checkFont = (function() {
   var labelCache = ol.render.canvas.labelCache;
   var font = '32px monospace';
   var text = 'wmytzilWMYTZIL@#/&?$%10';
-  var context, interval, referenceWidth;
+  var interval, referenceWidth;
 
   function isAvailable(fontFamily) {
-    if (!context) {
-      context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
-      context.font = font;
-      referenceWidth = context.measureText(text).width;
-    }
+    var context = ol.render.canvas.getMeasureContext();
+    context.font = font;
+    referenceWidth = context.measureText(text).width;
     var available = true;
     if (fontFamily != 'monospace') {
       context.font = '32px ' + fontFamily + ',monospace';
@@ -128,10 +139,6 @@ ol.render.canvas.checkFont = (function() {
       // fallback was used instead of the font we wanted, so the font is not
       // available.
       available = width != referenceWidth;
-      // Setting the font back to a different one works around an issue in
-      // Safari where subsequent `context.font` assignments with the same font
-      // will not re-attempt to use a font that is currently loading.
-      context.font = font;
     }
     return available;
   }
@@ -143,6 +150,9 @@ ol.render.canvas.checkFont = (function() {
         if (isAvailable(font)) {
           checked[font] = 60;
           labelCache.clear();
+          ol.obj.clear(ol.render.canvas.textHeights_);
+          // Make sure that loaded fonts are picked up by Safari
+          ol.render.canvas.measureContext_ = null;
         } else {
           ++checked[font];
           done = false;
@@ -176,6 +186,59 @@ ol.render.canvas.checkFont = (function() {
 })();
 
 
+/**
+ * @return {CanvasRenderingContext2D} Measure context.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.getMeasureContext = function() {
+  var context = ol.render.canvas.measureContext_;
+  if (!context) {
+    context = ol.render.canvas.measureContext_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
+  }
+  return context;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} font Font to use for measuring.
+ * @return {ol.Size} Measurement.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.measureTextHeight = (function() {
+  var span;
+  var heights = ol.render.canvas.textHeights_;
+  return function(font) {
+    var height = heights[font];
+    if (height == undefined) {
+      if (!span) {
+        span = document.createElement('span');
+        span.textContent = 'M';
+        span.style.margin = span.style.padding = '0 !important';
+        span.style.position = 'absolute !important';
+        span.style.left = '-99999px !important';
+      }
+      span.style.font = font;
+      document.body.appendChild(span);
+      height = heights[font] = span.offsetHeight;
+      document.body.removeChild(span);
+    }
+    return height;
+  };
+})();
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} font Font.
+ * @param {string} text Text.
+ * @return {number} Width.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.measureTextWidth = function(font, text) {
+  var measureContext = ol.render.canvas.getMeasureContext();
+  if (font != measureContext.font) {
+    measureContext.font = font;
+  }
+  return measureContext.measureText(text).width;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
  * @param {number} rotation Rotation.
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
index 12a258908e..ac8371bfc4 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
@@ -118,53 +118,6 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay = function(
 ol.inherits(ol.render.canvas.TextReplay, ol.render.canvas.Replay);
 
 
-/**
- * @param {string} font Font to use for measuring.
- * @return {ol.Size} Measurement.
- */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextHeight = (function() {
-  var span;
-  var heights = {};
-  return function(font) {
-    var height = heights[font];
-    if (height == undefined) {
-      if (!span) {
-        span = document.createElement('span');
-        span.textContent = 'M';
-        span.style.margin = span.style.padding = '0 !important';
-        span.style.position = 'absolute !important';
-        span.style.left = '-99999px !important';
-      }
-      span.style.font = font;
-      document.body.appendChild(span);
-      height = heights[font] = span.offsetHeight;
-      document.body.removeChild(span);
-    }
-    return height;
-  };
-})();
-
-
-/**
- * @param {string} font Font.
- * @param {string} text Text.
- * @return {number} Width.
- */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth = (function() {
-  var measureContext;
-  var currentFont;
-  return function(font, text) {
-    if (!measureContext) {
-      measureContext = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
-    }
-    if (font != currentFont) {
-      currentFont = measureContext.font = font;
-    }
-    return measureContext.measureText(text).width;
-  };
-})();
-
-
 /**
  * @param {string} font Font to use for measuring.
  * @param {Array.<string>} lines Lines to measure.
@@ -177,7 +130,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidths = function(font, lines, widths) {
   var width = 0;
   var currentWidth, i;
   for (i = 0; i < numLines; ++i) {
-    currentWidth = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, lines[i]);
+    currentWidth = ol.render.canvas.measureTextWidth(font, lines[i]);
     width = Math.max(width, currentWidth);
     widths.push(currentWidth);
   }
@@ -325,7 +278,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.getImage = function(text, fill, stroke) {
     var numLines = lines.length;
     var widths = [];
     var width = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidths(textState.font, lines, widths);
-    var lineHeight = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextHeight(textState.font);
+    var lineHeight = ol.render.canvas.measureTextHeight(textState.font);
     var height = lineHeight * numLines;
     var renderWidth = (width + strokeWidth);
     var context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(
@@ -433,7 +386,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawChars_ = function(begin, end, declutte
     function(text) {
       var width = widths[text];
       if (!width) {
-        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, text);
+        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.measureTextWidth(font, text);
       }
       return width * textScale * pixelRatio;
     },
@@ -445,7 +398,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawChars_ = function(begin, end, declutte
     function(text) {
       var width = widths[text];
       if (!width) {
-        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, text);
+        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.measureTextWidth(font, text);
       }
       return width * textScale;
     },