diff --git a/installer/innosetup/setup.iss b/installer/innosetup/setup.iss
index d85dd60f9..e82377008 100644
--- a/installer/innosetup/setup.iss
+++ b/installer/innosetup/setup.iss
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Source: {#ReleaseDir}\System.Memory.dll; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot;
 Source: {#ReleaseDir}\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
 Source: {#ReleaseDir}\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
 Source: {#ReleaseDir}\System.Buffers.dll; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
-Source: {#ReleaseDir}\TwemojiMozilla.ttf; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
-Source: {#ReleaseDir}\emoji-test.txt; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
+Source: {#ReleaseDir}\TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
+Source: {#ReleaseDir}\emoji-test.txt.gz; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
 Source: {#GreenshotProjectDir}\log4net.xml; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion
 Source: {#ReleaseDir}\checksum.SHA256; DestDir: {app}; Components: greenshot; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
 ;Source: ..\greenshot-defaults.ini; DestDir: {app}; Flags: overwritereadonly ignoreversion replacesameversion
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
index fcb0f422a..dc215f2c0 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -41,15 +42,31 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing.Emoji
         private static readonly Lazy<FontFamily> TwemojiFontFamily = new(() =>
         {
             var exeDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().Location);
-            var twemojiFontFile = Path.Combine(exeDirectory, "TwemojiMozilla.ttf");
+            var twemojiFontFile = Path.Combine(exeDirectory, "TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz");
             if (!File.Exists(twemojiFontFile))
             {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException($"Can't find {twemojiFontFile}, bad installation?");
             }
 
+            Stopwatch sw = new();
+            sw.Start();
             using var fileStream = new FileStream(twemojiFontFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
-            TwemojiFontCollection.Add(fileStream);
+            using var gzStream = new GZipStream(fileStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            gzStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
+            memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            sw.Stop();
+            
+            Console.WriteLine($"Uncompress .ttf: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms");
+
+            sw.Reset();
+            sw.Start();
+            TwemojiFontCollection.Add(memoryStream);
             TwemojiFontCollection.TryGet("Twemoji Mozilla", out var fontFamily);
+            sw.Stop();
+
+            Console.WriteLine($"Parse .ttf: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms");
+            
             return fontFamily;
         });
 
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Greenshot.Editor.csproj b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Greenshot.Editor.csproj
index affaf81c7..b4c743cb5 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Greenshot.Editor.csproj
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Greenshot.Editor.csproj
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
               OutputFile="Controls\Emoji\emoji-test.txt.gz" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="CompressTwemojiMozillaTtfResource" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild" Condition="!Exists('Drawing\Emoji\TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz')">
+    <GZipTask InputFile="Drawing\Emoji\TwemojiMozilla.ttf"
+              OutputFile="Drawing\Emoji\TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz" />
+  </Target>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Update="Controls\BindableToolStripButton.cs">
       <SubType>Component</SubType>
@@ -98,9 +103,9 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <TargetPath>emoji-test.txt.gz</TargetPath>
     </ContentWithTargetPath>
-    <ContentWithTargetPath Include="Drawing\Emoji\TwemojiMozilla.ttf">
+    <ContentWithTargetPath Include="Drawing\Emoji\TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-      <TargetPath>TwemojiMozilla.ttf</TargetPath>
+      <TargetPath>TwemojiMozilla.ttf.gz</TargetPath>
     </ContentWithTargetPath>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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