diff --git a/HEADER.js b/HEADER.js
index c17e9670f90..7909f2e408e 100644
--- a/HEADER.js
+++ b/HEADER.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-/*! Fabric.js Copyright 2008-2015, Printio (Juriy Zaytsev, Maxim Chernyak) */
 
+import { cache } from './src/cache';
 import { config } from './src/config';
 import { iMatrix, VERSION } from './src/constants';
 
 var fabric = fabric || {
   version: VERSION,
   config,
+  cache,
   iMatrix
 };
 
@@ -88,28 +89,6 @@ config.configure({
     1
 });
 
-/**
- * Cache Object for widths of chars in text rendering.
- */
-fabric.charWidthsCache = {};
-
-/**
- * This object contains the result of arc to bezier conversion for faster retrieving if the same arc needs to be converted again.
- * It was an internal variable, is accessible since version 2.3.4
- */
-fabric.arcToSegmentsCache = { };
-
-/**
- * This object keeps the results of the boundsOfCurve calculation mapped by the joined arguments necessary to calculate it.
- * It does speed up calculation, if you parse and add always the same paths, but in case of heavy usage of freedrawing
- * you do not get any speed benefit and you get a big object in memory.
- * The object was a private variable before, while now is appended to the lib so that you have access to it and you
- * can eventually clear it.
- * It was an internal variable, is accessible since version 2.3.4
- */
-fabric.boundsOfCurveCache = { };
-
-
 fabric.initFilterBackend = function() {
   if (config.enableGLFiltering && fabric.isWebglSupported && fabric.isWebglSupported(config.textureSize)) {
     console.log(`fabric: max texture size: ${config.maxTextureSize}`);
diff --git a/src/cache.ts b/src/cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff56089cbf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+
+export class Cache {
+    /**
+     * Cache of widths of chars in text rendering.
+     */
+    charWidthsCache: Record</** fontFamily */ string, Record</** fontStyleCacheKey */ string, Record</** char */ string, /** width */ number>>> = {}
+
+    /**
+     * @return {Object} reference to cache
+     */
+    getFontCache({ fontFamily, fontStyle, fontWeight }: { fontFamily: string, fontStyle: string, fontWeight: string | number }) {
+        fontFamily = fontFamily.toLowerCase();
+        if (!this.charWidthsCache[fontFamily]) {
+            this.charWidthsCache[fontFamily] = {};
+        }
+        const fontCache = this.charWidthsCache[fontFamily];
+        const cacheKey = `${fontStyle.toLowerCase()}_${(fontWeight + '').toLowerCase()}`;
+        if (!fontCache[cacheKey]) {
+            fontCache[cacheKey] = {};
+        }
+        return fontCache[cacheKey];
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Clear char widths cache for the given font family or all the cache if no
+     * fontFamily is specified.
+     * Use it if you know you are loading fonts in a lazy way and you are not waiting
+     * for custom fonts to load properly when adding text objects to the canvas.
+     * If a text object is added when its own font is not loaded yet, you will get wrong
+     * measurement and so wrong bounding boxes.
+     * After the font cache is cleared, either change the textObject text content or call
+     * initDimensions() to trigger a recalculation
+     * @memberOf fabric.util
+     * @param {String} [fontFamily] font family to clear
+     */
+    clearFontCache(fontFamily?: string) {
+        fontFamily = (fontFamily || '').toLowerCase();
+        if (!fontFamily) {
+            this.charWidthsCache = {};
+        }
+        else if (this.charWidthsCache[fontFamily]) {
+            delete this.charWidthsCache[fontFamily];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This object contains the result of arc to bezier conversion for faster retrieving if the same arc needs to be converted again.
+     * It was an internal variable, is accessible since version 2.3.4
+     */
+    arcToSegmentsCache = {}
+
+    /**
+     * This object keeps the results of the boundsOfCurve calculation mapped by the joined arguments necessary to calculate it.
+     * It does speed up calculation, if you parse and add always the same paths, but in case of heavy usage of freedrawing
+     * you do not get any speed benefit and you get a big object in memory.
+     * The object was a private variable before, while now is appended to the lib so that you have access to it and you
+     * can eventually clear it.
+     * It was an internal variable, is accessible since version 2.3.4
+     */
+    boundsOfCurveCache = {}
+}
+
+export const cache = new Cache();
diff --git a/src/shapes/text.class.ts b/src/shapes/text.class.ts
index c8a90f46486..3ceb33bd871 100644
--- a/src/shapes/text.class.ts
+++ b/src/shapes/text.class.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //@ts-nocheck
 
+import { cache } from "../cache";
 import { DEFAULT_SVG_FONT_SIZE } from "../constants";
 
 
@@ -695,27 +696,6 @@ import { DEFAULT_SVG_FONT_SIZE } from "../constants";
       this._removeShadow(ctx);
     },
 
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @param {Object} decl style declaration for cache
-     * @param {String} decl.fontFamily fontFamily
-     * @param {String} decl.fontStyle fontStyle
-     * @param {String} decl.fontWeight fontWeight
-     * @return {Object} reference to cache
-     */
-    getFontCache: function(decl) {
-      var fontFamily = decl.fontFamily.toLowerCase();
-      if (!fabric.charWidthsCache[fontFamily]) {
-        fabric.charWidthsCache[fontFamily] = { };
-      }
-      var cache = fabric.charWidthsCache[fontFamily],
-          cacheProp = decl.fontStyle.toLowerCase() + '_' + (decl.fontWeight + '').toLowerCase();
-      if (!cache[cacheProp]) {
-        cache[cacheProp] = { };
-      }
-      return cache[cacheProp];
-    },
-
     /**
      * measure and return the width of a single character.
      * possibly overridden to accommodate different measure logic or
@@ -728,7 +708,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_SVG_FONT_SIZE } from "../constants";
      */
     _measureChar: function(_char, charStyle, previousChar, prevCharStyle) {
       // first i try to return from cache
-      var fontCache = this.getFontCache(charStyle), fontDeclaration = this._getFontDeclaration(charStyle),
+      var fontCache = cache.getFontCache(charStyle), fontDeclaration = this._getFontDeclaration(charStyle),
           previousFontDeclaration = this._getFontDeclaration(prevCharStyle), couple = previousChar + _char,
           stylesAreEqual = fontDeclaration === previousFontDeclaration, width, coupleWidth, previousWidth,
           fontMultiplier = charStyle.fontSize / this.CACHE_FONT_SIZE, kernedWidth;
diff --git a/src/util/misc/misc.ts b/src/util/misc/misc.ts
index 705907ed936..f532c8bcded 100644
--- a/src/util/misc/misc.ts
+++ b/src/util/misc/misc.ts
@@ -227,28 +227,6 @@ import {
       return _isTransparent;
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Clear char widths cache for the given font family or all the cache if no
-     * fontFamily is specified.
-     * Use it if you know you are loading fonts in a lazy way and you are not waiting
-     * for custom fonts to load properly when adding text objects to the canvas.
-     * If a text object is added when its own font is not loaded yet, you will get wrong
-     * measurement and so wrong bounding boxes.
-     * After the font cache is cleared, either change the textObject text content or call
-     * initDimensions() to trigger a recalculation
-     * @memberOf fabric.util
-     * @param {String} [fontFamily] font family to clear
-     */
-    clearFabricFontCache: function(fontFamily) {
-      fontFamily = (fontFamily || '').toLowerCase();
-      if (!fontFamily) {
-        fabric.charWidthsCache = { };
-      }
-      else if (fabric.charWidthsCache[fontFamily]) {
-        delete fabric.charWidthsCache[fontFamily];
-      }
-    },
-
     /**
      * Given current aspect ratio, determines the max width and height that can
      * respect the total allowed area for the cache.
diff --git a/src/util/path.ts b/src/util/path.ts
index 883eb49c0b0..8a2988f3b6f 100644
--- a/src/util/path.ts
+++ b/src/util/path.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //@ts-nocheck
+
+import { cache } from "../cache";
 import { config } from "../config";
 import { fabric } from '../../HEADER';
 import { halfPI, PiBy180 } from "../constants";
@@ -137,8 +139,8 @@ export function getBoundsOfCurve(x0, y0, x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3) {
   if (config.cachesBoundsOfCurve) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line
     argsString = [...arguments].join();
-    if (fabric.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString]) {
-      return fabric.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString];
+    if (cache.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString]) {
+      return cache.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString];
     }
   }
 
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ export function getBoundsOfCurve(x0, y0, x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3) {
     }
   ];
   if (config.cachesBoundsOfCurve) {
-    fabric.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString] = result;
+    cache.boundsOfCurveCache[argsString] = result;
   }
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/text.js b/test/unit/text.js
index 03690ac24f3..779621fd248 100644
--- a/test/unit/text.js
+++ b/test/unit/text.js
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
   QUnit.test('getFontCache works with fontWeight numbers', function(assert) {
     var text = new fabric.Text('xxx', { fontWeight: 400 });
     text.initDimensions();
-    var cache = fabric.charWidthsCache[text.fontFamily.toLowerCase()];
+    var cache = fabric.cache.charWidthsCache[text.fontFamily.toLowerCase()];
     var cacheProp = text.fontStyle + '_400';
     assert.equal(cacheProp in cache, true, '400 is converted to string');
   });
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@
     text.initDimensions();
     var text2 = new fabric.Text('xxx', { fontWeight: 'bOLd', fontStyle: 'nORMAl' });
     text2.initDimensions();
-    var cache = text.getFontCache(text);
-    var cache2 = text2.getFontCache(text2);
+    var cache = fabric.cache.getFontCache(text);
+    var cache2 = fabric.cache.getFontCache(text2);
     assert.equal(cache, cache2, 'you get the same cache');
   });
   // moved
@@ -741,13 +741,13 @@
   });
 
   QUnit.test('_measureChar handles 0 width chars', function(assert) {
-    fabric.charWidthsCache = {};
+    fabric.cache.clearFontCache();
     var zwc =  '\u200b';
     var text = new fabric.Text('');
     var style = text.getCompleteStyleDeclaration(0, 0);
     var box = text._measureChar('a', style, zwc, style);
     var box2 = text._measureChar('a', style, zwc, style);
-    assert.equal(fabric.charWidthsCache[text.fontFamily.toLowerCase()].normal_normal[zwc], 0, 'zwc is a 0 width char');
+    assert.equal(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache[text.fontFamily.toLowerCase()].normal_normal[zwc], 0, 'zwc is a 0 width char');
     assert.equal(box.kernedWidth, box2.kernedWidth, '2 measurements of the same string return the same number');
   });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/util.js b/test/unit/util.js
index 7bf474c37ca..4e0e43cd85e 100644
--- a/test/unit/util.js
+++ b/test/unit/util.js
@@ -701,21 +701,21 @@
     assert.equal(fabric.util.getKlass('Sepia2', 'fabric.Image.filters'), fabric.Image.filters.Sepia2);
   });
 
-  QUnit.test('clearFabricFontCache', function(assert) {
-    assert.ok(typeof fabric.util.clearFabricFontCache === 'function');
-    fabric.charWidthsCache = { arial: { some: 'cache'}, helvetica: { some: 'cache'} };
-    fabric.util.clearFabricFontCache('arial');
-    assert.equal(fabric.charWidthsCache.arial,  undefined, 'arial cache is deleted');
-    assert.equal(fabric.charWidthsCache.helvetica.some, 'cache', 'helvetica cache is still available');
-    fabric.util.clearFabricFontCache();
-    assert.deepEqual(fabric.charWidthsCache, { }, 'all cache is deleted');
-  });
-
-  QUnit.test('clearFabricFontCache wrong case', function(assert) {
-    fabric.charWidthsCache = { arial: { some: 'cache'}, helvetica: { some: 'cache'} };
-    fabric.util.clearFabricFontCache('ARIAL');
-    assert.equal(fabric.charWidthsCache.arial,  undefined, 'arial cache is deleted');
-    assert.equal(fabric.charWidthsCache.helvetica.some, 'cache', 'helvetica cache is still available');
+  QUnit.test('clearFontCache', function(assert) {
+    assert.ok(typeof fabric.cache.clearFontCache === 'function');
+    fabric.cache.charWidthsCache = { arial: { some: 'cache'}, helvetica: { some: 'cache'} };
+    fabric.cache.clearFontCache('arial');
+    assert.equal(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache.arial,  undefined, 'arial cache is deleted');
+    assert.equal(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache.helvetica.some, 'cache', 'helvetica cache is still available');
+    fabric.cache.clearFontCache();
+    assert.deepEqual(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache, { }, 'all cache is deleted');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('clearFontCache wrong case', function(assert) {
+    fabric.cache.charWidthsCache = { arial: { some: 'cache'}, helvetica: { some: 'cache'} };
+    fabric.cache.clearFontCache('ARIAL');
+    assert.equal(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache.arial,  undefined, 'arial cache is deleted');
+    assert.equal(fabric.cache.charWidthsCache.helvetica.some, 'cache', 'helvetica cache is still available');
   });
 
   QUnit.test('parsePreserveAspectRatioAttribute', function(assert) {