diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
index e65edf0591..fa01bfaff4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ target_sources(rpcs3_emu PRIVATE
 	RSX/Null/NullGSRender.cpp
 	RSX/Overlays/overlay_animation.cpp
 	RSX/Overlays/overlay_edit_text.cpp
-	RSX/Overlays/overlay_font.cpp
+	RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.cpp
 	RSX/Overlays/overlay_list_view.cpp
 	RSX/Overlays/overlay_message_dialog.cpp
 	RSX/Overlays/overlay_osk.cpp
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_controls.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_controls.h
index 93fc9487cf..c9e9bdd1c4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_controls.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_controls.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "Utilities/geometry.h"
 #include "Utilities/File.h"
 #include "overlay_utils.h"
+#include "overlay_fonts.h"
+#include "Emu/System.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -24,10 +26,6 @@
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 
-// STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION and STB_TRUETYPE_IMPLEMENTATION defined externally
-#include <stb_image.h>
-#include <stb_truetype.h>
-
 // Definitions for common UI controls and their routines
 namespace rsx
 {
@@ -51,73 +49,6 @@ namespace rsx
 			line_strip = 3
 		};
 
-		struct font
-		{
-			const u32 width = 1024;
-			const u32 height = 1024;
-			const u32 oversample = 2;
-			const u32 char_count = 256; // 16x16 grid at max 48pt
-
-			f32 size_pt = 12.f;
-			f32 size_px = 16.f; // Default font 12pt size
-			f32 em_size = 0.f;
-			std::string font_name;
-			std::vector<stbtt_packedchar> pack_info;
-			std::vector<u8> glyph_data;
-			bool initialized = false;
-
-			font(const char* ttf_name, f32 size);
-
-			stbtt_aligned_quad get_char(char c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance);
-
-			void render_text_ex(std::vector<vertex>& result, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance, const char* text, u32 char_limit, u16 max_width, bool wrap);
-
-			std::vector<vertex> render_text(const char* text, u16 max_width = UINT16_MAX, bool wrap = false);
-
-			std::pair<f32, f32> get_char_offset(const char* text, u16 max_length, u16 max_width = UINT16_MAX, bool wrap = false);
-		};
-
-		// TODO: Singletons are cancer
-		class fontmgr
-		{
-		private:
-			std::vector<std::unique_ptr<font>> fonts;
-			static fontmgr *m_instance;
-
-			font* find(const char *name, int size)
-			{
-				for (auto &f : fonts)
-				{
-					if (f->font_name == name &&
-						f->size_pt == size)
-						return f.get();
-				}
-
-				fonts.push_back(std::make_unique<font>(name, static_cast<f32>(size)));
-				return fonts.back().get();
-			}
-
-		public:
-
-			fontmgr() = default;
-			~fontmgr()
-			{
-				if (m_instance)
-				{
-					delete m_instance;
-					m_instance = nullptr;
-				}
-			}
-
-			static font* get(const char *name, int size)
-			{
-				if (m_instance == nullptr)
-					m_instance = new fontmgr;
-
-				return m_instance->find(name, size);
-			}
-		};
-
 		struct image_info
 		{
 			int w = 0, h = 0;
@@ -400,7 +331,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			u16 w = 0;
 			u16 h = 0;
 
-			std::string text;
+			std::wstring text;
 			font* font_ref = nullptr;
 			text_align alignment = left;
 			bool wrap_text = false;
@@ -502,13 +433,13 @@ namespace rsx
 
 			virtual void set_text(const std::string& text)
 			{
-				this->text = text;
+				this->text = utf8_to_wstring(text);
 				is_compiled = false;
 			}
 
 			virtual void set_text(const char* text)
 			{
-				this->text = text;
+				this->text = utf8_to_wstring(text);
 				is_compiled = false;
 			}
 
@@ -535,7 +466,7 @@ namespace rsx
 				return font_ref ? font_ref : fontmgr::get("Arial", 12);
 			}
 
-			virtual std::vector<vertex> render_text(const char *string, f32 x, f32 y)
+			virtual std::vector<vertex> render_text(const wchar_t *string, f32 x, f32 y)
 			{
 				auto renderer = get_font();
 
@@ -554,7 +485,7 @@ namespace rsx
 						// Apply transform.
 						// (0, 0) has text sitting one line off the top left corner (text is outside the rect) hence the offset by text height
 						v.values[0] += x + padding_left;
-						v.values[1] += y + padding_top + static_cast<f32>(renderer->size_px);
+						v.values[1] += y + padding_top + static_cast<f32>(renderer->get_size_px());
 					}
 
 					if (alignment == center)
@@ -589,7 +520,7 @@ namespace rsx
 								continue;
 
 							const f32 line_length = result[p.second - 1].values[0] - result[p.first].values[0];
-							const bool wrapped = std::fabs(result[p.second - 1].values[1] - result[p.first + 3].values[1]) >= (renderer->size_px * 0.5f);
+							const bool wrapped = std::fabs(result[p.second - 1].values[1] - result[p.first + 3].values[1]) >= (renderer->get_size_px() * 0.5f);
 
 							if (wrapped)
 								continue;
@@ -665,13 +596,13 @@ namespace rsx
 				f32 unused = 0.f;
 				f32 max_w = 0.f;
 				f32 last_word = 0.f;
-				height = static_cast<u16>(renderer->size_px);
+				height = static_cast<u16>(renderer->get_size_px());
 
 				for (auto c : text)
 				{
 					if (c == '\n')
 					{
-						height += static_cast<u16>(renderer->size_px + 2);
+						height += static_cast<u16>(renderer->get_size_px() + 2);
 						max_w = std::max(max_w, text_width);
 						text_width = 0.f;
 						last_word = 0.f;
@@ -683,23 +614,15 @@ namespace rsx
 						last_word = text_width;
 					}
 
-					if (static_cast<u8>(c) > renderer->char_count)
-					{
-						// Non-existent glyph
-						text_width += renderer->em_size;
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						renderer->get_char(c, text_width, unused);
-					}
+					renderer->get_char(c, text_width, unused);
 
 					if (!ignore_word_wrap && wrap_text && text_width >= w)
 					{
 						if ((text_width - last_word) < w)
 						{
 							max_w = std::max(max_w, last_word);
-							text_width -= (last_word + renderer->em_size);
-							height += static_cast<u16>(renderer->size_px + 2);
+							text_width -= (last_word + renderer->get_em_size());
+							height += static_cast<u16>(renderer->get_size_px() + 2);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -1033,7 +956,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 			label(const std::string& text)
 			{
-				this->text = text;
+				set_text(text);
 			}
 
 			bool auto_resize(bool grow_only = false, u16 limit_w = UINT16_MAX, u16 limit_h = UINT16_MAX)
@@ -1114,7 +1037,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 			int get_selected_index();
 
-			std::string get_selected_item();
+			std::wstring get_selected_item();
 
 			void set_cancel_only(bool cancel_only);
 			void translate(s16 _x, s16 _y) override;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_edit_text.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_edit_text.cpp
index 1cbd84733e..6198ea4b66 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_edit_text.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_edit_text.cpp
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ namespace rsx
 			if (caret_position == 0)
 			{
 				// Start
-				text = str + text;
+				text = utf8_to_wstring(str) + text;
 			}
 			else if (caret_position == text.length())
 			{
 				// End
-				text += str;
+				text += utf8_to_wstring(str);
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				// Middle
-				text.insert(caret_position, str);
+				text.insert(caret_position, utf8_to_wstring(str));
 			}
 
 			caret_position += ::narrow<u16>(str.length());
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 			if (caret_position == 1)
 			{
-				text = text.length() > 1 ? text.substr(1) : "";
+				text = text.length() > 1 ? text.substr(1) : L"";
 			}
 			else if (caret_position == text.length())
 			{
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace rsx
 				const auto caret_loc = renderer->get_char_offset(text.c_str(), caret_position, clip_text ? w : UINT16_MAX, wrap_text);
 
 				caret.set_pos(u16(caret_loc.first + padding_left + x), u16(caret_loc.second + padding_top + y));
-				caret.set_size(1, u16(renderer->size_px + 2));
+				caret.set_size(1, u16(renderer->get_size_px() + 2));
 				caret.fore_color           = fore_color;
 				caret.back_color           = fore_color;
 				caret.pulse_effect_enabled = true;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_font.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.cpp
similarity index 67%
rename from rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_font.cpp
rename to rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.cpp
index 803c49634f..c649ef49f0 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_font.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,52 @@ namespace rsx
 {
 	namespace overlays
 	{
+		void codepage::initialize_glyphs(u16 codepage_id, f32 font_size, const std::vector<u8>& ttf_data)
+		{
+			glyph_base = (codepage_id * 256);
+			glyph_data.resize(bitmap_width * bitmap_height);
+			pack_info.resize(256);
+
+			stbtt_pack_context context;
+			if (!stbtt_PackBegin(&context, glyph_data.data(), bitmap_width, bitmap_height, 0, 1, nullptr))
+			{
+				rsx_log.error("Font packing failed");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			stbtt_PackSetOversampling(&context, oversample, oversample);
+
+			if (!stbtt_PackFontRange(&context, ttf_data.data(), 0, font_size, (codepage_id * 256), 256, pack_info.data()))
+			{
+				rsx_log.error("Font packing failed");
+				stbtt_PackEnd(&context);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			stbtt_PackEnd(&context);
+		}
+
+		stbtt_aligned_quad codepage::get_char(wchar_t c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance)
+		{
+			stbtt_aligned_quad quad;
+			stbtt_GetPackedQuad(pack_info.data(), bitmap_width, bitmap_height, (c - glyph_base), &x_advance, &y_advance, &quad, false);
+
+			quad.t0 += sampler_z;
+			quad.t1 += sampler_z;
+			return quad;
+		}
+
 		font::font(const char* ttf_name, f32 size)
+		{
+			// Convert pt to px
+			size_px = ceilf(size * 96.f / 72.f);
+			size_pt = size;
+
+			font_name = ttf_name;
+			initialized = true;
+		}
+
+		codepage* font::initialize_codepage(u16 codepage_id)
 		{
 			// Init glyph
 			std::vector<u8> bytes;
@@ -41,7 +86,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			bool font_found = false;
 			for (auto& font_dir : font_dirs)
 			{
-				std::string requested_file = font_dir + ttf_name;
+				std::string requested_file = font_dir + font_name;
 
 				// Append ".ttf" if not present
 				std::string font_lower(requested_file);
@@ -66,10 +111,10 @@ namespace rsx
 				{
 					if (fs::is_file(fallback_font))
 					{
-						file_path  = fallback_font;
+						file_path = fallback_font;
 						font_found = true;
 
-						rsx_log.notice("Found font file '%s' as a replacement for '%s'", fallback_font.c_str(), ttf_name);
+						rsx_log.notice("Found font file '%s' as a replacement for '%s'", fallback_font, font_name);
 						break;
 					}
 				}
@@ -83,53 +128,62 @@ namespace rsx
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				rsx_log.error("Failed to initialize font '%s.ttf'", ttf_name);
-				return;
+				rsx_log.error("Failed to initialize font '%s.ttf'", font_name);
+				return nullptr;
 			}
 
-			glyph_data.resize(width * height);
-			pack_info.resize(256);
+			codepage_cache.page = nullptr;
+			auto page = std::make_unique<codepage>();
+			page->initialize_glyphs(codepage_id, size_px, bytes);
+			page->sampler_z = static_cast<f32>(m_glyph_map.size());
 
-			stbtt_pack_context context;
-			if (!stbtt_PackBegin(&context, glyph_data.data(), width, height, 0, 1, nullptr))
+			auto ret = page.get();
+			m_glyph_map.emplace_back(codepage_id, std::move(page));
+
+			if (codepage_id == 0)
 			{
-				rsx_log.error("Font packing failed");
-				return;
+				// Latin-1
+				f32 unused;
+				get_char('m', em_size, unused);
 			}
 
-			stbtt_PackSetOversampling(&context, oversample, oversample);
-
-			// Convert pt to px
-			size_px = ceilf(size * 96.f / 72.f);
-			size_pt = size;
-
-			if (!stbtt_PackFontRange(&context, bytes.data(), 0, size_px, 0, 256, pack_info.data()))
-			{
-				rsx_log.error("Font packing failed");
-				stbtt_PackEnd(&context);
-				return;
-			}
-
-			stbtt_PackEnd(&context);
-
-			font_name   = ttf_name;
-			initialized = true;
-
-			f32 unused;
-			get_char('m', em_size, unused);
+			return ret;
 		}
 
-		stbtt_aligned_quad font::get_char(char c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance)
+		stbtt_aligned_quad font::get_char(wchar_t c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance)
 		{
 			if (!initialized)
 				return {};
 
-			stbtt_aligned_quad quad;
-			stbtt_GetPackedQuad(pack_info.data(), width, height, u8(c), &x_advance, &y_advance, &quad, false);
-			return quad;
+			const auto page_id = (c >> 8);
+			if (codepage_cache.codepage_id == page_id && codepage_cache.page) [[likely]]
+			{
+				return codepage_cache.page->get_char(c, x_advance, y_advance);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				codepage_cache.codepage_id = page_id;
+				codepage_cache.page = nullptr;
+
+				for (const auto& e : m_glyph_map)
+				{
+					if (e.first == unsigned(page_id))
+					{
+						codepage_cache.page = e.second.get();
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (!codepage_cache.page) [[unlikely]]
+				{
+					codepage_cache.page = initialize_codepage(page_id);
+				}
+
+				return codepage_cache.page->get_char(c, x_advance, y_advance);
+			}
 		}
 
-		void font::render_text_ex(std::vector<vertex>& result, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance, const char* text, u32 char_limit, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
+		void font::render_text_ex(std::vector<vertex>& result, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance, const wchar_t* text, u32 char_limit, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
 		{
 			x_advance = 0.f;
 			y_advance = 0.f;
@@ -145,14 +199,8 @@ namespace rsx
 
 			while (true)
 			{
-				if (char c = text[i++]; c && (i <= char_limit))
+				if (auto c = text[i++]; c && (i <= char_limit))
 				{
-					if (u8(c) >= char_count)
-					{
-						// Unsupported glyph, render null for now
-						c = ' ';
-					}
-
 					switch (c)
 					{
 					case '\n':
@@ -271,7 +319,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			}
 		}
 
-		std::vector<vertex> font::render_text(const char* text, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
+		std::vector<vertex> font::render_text(const wchar_t* text, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
 		{
 			std::vector<vertex> result;
 			f32 unused_x, unused_y;
@@ -280,7 +328,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			return result;
 		}
 
-		std::pair<f32, f32> font::get_char_offset(const char* text, u16 max_length, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
+		std::pair<f32, f32> font::get_char_offset(const wchar_t* text, u16 max_length, u16 max_width, bool wrap)
 		{
 			std::vector<vertex> unused;
 			f32 loc_x, loc_y;
@@ -288,5 +336,20 @@ namespace rsx
 			render_text_ex(unused, loc_x, loc_y, text, max_length, max_width, wrap);
 			return {loc_x, loc_y};
 		}
+
+		void font::get_glyph_data(std::vector<u8>& bytes) const
+		{
+			const u32 page_size = codepage::bitmap_width * codepage::bitmap_height;
+			const auto size = page_size * m_glyph_map.size();
+
+			bytes.resize(size);
+			u8* data = bytes.data();
+
+			for (const auto& e : m_glyph_map)
+			{
+				std::memcpy(data, e.second->glyph_data.data(), page_size);
+				data += page_size;
+			}
+		}
 	} // namespace overlays
 } // namespace rsx
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63f7f624c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_fonts.h
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#include "Utilities/types.h"
+#include "overlay_utils.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+// STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION and STB_TRUETYPE_IMPLEMENTATION defined externally
+#include <stb_image.h>
+#include <stb_truetype.h>
+
+namespace rsx
+{
+	namespace overlays
+	{
+		// Each 'page' holds an indexed block of 256 code points
+		// The BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane) has 256 allocated pages but not all are necessary
+		// While there are supplementary planes, the BMP is the most important thing to support
+		struct codepage
+		{
+			static constexpr u32 bitmap_width = 1024;
+			static constexpr u32 bitmap_height = 1024;
+			static constexpr u32 char_count = 256; // 16x16 grid at max 48pt
+			static constexpr u32 oversample = 2;
+
+			std::vector<stbtt_packedchar> pack_info;
+			std::vector<u8> glyph_data;
+			u16 glyph_base = 0;
+			f32 sampler_z = 0.f;
+
+			void initialize_glyphs(u16 codepage_id, f32 font_size, const std::vector<u8>& ttf_data);
+			stbtt_aligned_quad get_char(wchar_t c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance);
+		};
+
+		class font
+		{
+		private:
+			f32 size_pt = 12.f;
+			f32 size_px = 16.f; // Default font 12pt size
+			f32 em_size = 0.f;
+			std::string font_name;
+
+			std::vector<std::pair<u32, std::unique_ptr<codepage>>> m_glyph_map;
+			bool initialized = false;
+
+			struct
+			{
+				u16 codepage_id = 0;
+				codepage* page = nullptr;
+			}
+			codepage_cache;
+
+			codepage* initialize_codepage(u16 page);
+		public:
+
+			font(const char* ttf_name, f32 size);
+
+			stbtt_aligned_quad get_char(wchar_t c, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance);
+
+			void render_text_ex(std::vector<vertex>& result, f32& x_advance, f32& y_advance, const wchar_t* text, u32 char_limit, u16 max_width, bool wrap);
+
+			std::vector<vertex> render_text(const wchar_t* text, u16 max_width = UINT16_MAX, bool wrap = false);
+
+			std::pair<f32, f32> get_char_offset(const wchar_t* text, u16 max_length, u16 max_width = UINT16_MAX, bool wrap = false);
+
+			bool matches(const char* name, int size) const { return font_name == name && static_cast<int>(size_pt) == size; }
+			std::string_view get_name() const { return font_name; };
+			f32 get_size_pt() const { return size_pt; }
+			f32 get_size_px() const { return size_px; }
+			f32 get_em_size() const { return em_size; }
+
+			// Renderer info
+			size3u get_glyph_data_dimensions() const { return { codepage::bitmap_width, codepage::bitmap_height, ::size32(m_glyph_map) }; }
+			void get_glyph_data(std::vector<u8>& bytes) const;
+		};
+
+		// TODO: Singletons are cancer
+		class fontmgr
+		{
+		private:
+			std::vector<std::unique_ptr<font>> fonts;
+			static fontmgr* m_instance;
+
+			font* find(const char* name, int size)
+			{
+				for (auto& f : fonts)
+				{
+					if (f->matches(name, size))
+						return f.get();
+				}
+
+				fonts.push_back(std::make_unique<font>(name, static_cast<f32>(size)));
+				return fonts.back().get();
+			}
+
+		public:
+
+			fontmgr() = default;
+			~fontmgr()
+			{
+				if (m_instance)
+				{
+					delete m_instance;
+					m_instance = nullptr;
+				}
+			}
+
+			static font* get(const char* name, int size)
+			{
+				if (m_instance == nullptr)
+					m_instance = new fontmgr;
+
+				return m_instance->find(name, size);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_list_view.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_list_view.cpp
index accd474e35..4195f26faf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_list_view.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_list_view.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			return m_selected_entry;
 		}
 
-		std::string list_view::get_selected_item()
+		std::wstring list_view::get_selected_item()
 		{
 			if (m_selected_entry < 0)
 				return {};
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_message_dialog.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_message_dialog.cpp
index b4220d2599..8556cd544c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_message_dialog.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_message_dialog.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace rsx
 				btn_cancel.translate(0, offset);
 			}
 
-			text_display.set_text(utf8_to_ascii8(text));
+			text_display.set_text(text);
 
 			u16 text_w, text_h;
 			text_display.measure_text(text_w, text_h);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_osk.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_osk.cpp
index 01de251372..fe9c16d98b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_osk.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_osk.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		void osk_dialog::on_text_changed()
 		{
-			const auto ws = ascii8_to_utf16(m_preview.text);
+			const auto ws = wstring_to_utf16(m_preview.text);
 			const auto length = (ws.length() + 1) * sizeof(char16_t);
 			memcpy(osk_text, ws.c_str(), length);
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ namespace rsx
 		void osk_dialog::on_default_callback(const std::string& str)
 		{
 			// Append to output text
-			if (m_preview.text == "[Enter Text]")
+			if (m_preview.text == L"[Enter Text]")
 			{
 				m_preview.caret_position = ::narrow<u16>(str.length());
 				m_preview.set_text(str);
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ namespace rsx
 					return;
 				}
 
-				auto new_str = m_preview.text + str;
+				auto new_str = m_preview.text + utf8_to_wstring(str);
 				if (new_str.length() <= char_limit)
 				{
 					m_preview.insert_text(str);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_perf_metrics.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_perf_metrics.cpp
index 0321451302..ba189f74a9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_perf_metrics.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_perf_metrics.cpp
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ namespace rsx
 			switch (m_detail)
 			{
 			case detail_level::minimal:
-			case detail_level::low: m_titles.text = ""; break;
-			case detail_level::medium: m_titles.text = fmt::format("\n\n%s", title1_medium); break;
-			case detail_level::high: m_titles.text = fmt::format("\n\n%s\n\n\n\n\n\n%s", title1_high, title2); break;
+			case detail_level::low: m_titles.set_text(""); break;
+			case detail_level::medium: m_titles.set_text(fmt::format("\n\n%s", title1_medium)); break;
+			case detail_level::high: m_titles.set_text(fmt::format("\n\n%s\n\n\n\n\n\n%s", title1_high, title2)); break;
 			}
 			m_titles.auto_resize();
 			m_titles.refresh();
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ namespace rsx
 				}
 				}
 
-				m_body.text = perf_text;
+				m_body.set_text(perf_text);
 
 				if (m_body.auto_resize())
 				{
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		void graph::set_font_size(u16 font_size)
 		{
-			const auto font_name = m_label.get_font()->font_name.c_str();
+			const auto font_name = m_label.get_font()->get_name().data();
 			m_label.set_font(font_name, font_size);
 		}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_utils.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_utils.h
index 9a64eb0128..304faf4251 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_utils.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlay_utils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#pragma once
+#pragma once
 
 struct vertex
 {
@@ -146,3 +146,9 @@ void operator < (const vector3_base<T>& lhs, T rhs)
 
 using vector3i = vector3_base<int>;
 using vector3f = vector3_base<float>;
+
+std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string);
+std::string utf16_to_ascii8(const std::u16string& utf16_string);
+std::u16string ascii8_to_utf16(const std::string& ascii_string);
+std::wstring utf8_to_wstring(const std::string& utf8_string);
+std::u16string wstring_to_utf16(const std::wstring& w_string);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.cpp
index 749fdbd0f4..dffa6ee7d9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.cpp
@@ -58,15 +58,13 @@ static auto s_ascii_lowering_map = []()
 	return _map;
 }();
 
-std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string)
+template<typename F>
+void process_multibyte(const std::string s, F&& func)
 {
-	std::string out;
-	out.reserve(utf8_string.length());
-
-	const auto end = utf8_string.length();
+	const auto end = s.length();
 	for (u32 index = 0; index < end; ++index)
 	{
-		const u8 code = static_cast<u8>(utf8_string[index]);
+		const u8 code = static_cast<u8>(s[index]);
 
 		if (!code)
 		{
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string)
 
 		if (code <= 0x7F)
 		{
-			out.push_back(code);
+			std::invoke(func, code);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string)
 		if ((index + extra_bytes) > end)
 		{
 			// Malformed string, abort
-			overlays.error("Failed to decode supossedly malformed utf8 string '%s'", utf8_string);
+			overlays.error("Failed to decode supossedly malformed utf8 string '%s'", s);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -92,38 +90,46 @@ std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string)
 		{
 		case 1:
 			// 11 bits, 6 + 5
-			u_code = (u32(code & 0x1F) << 6) | u32(utf8_string[index + 1] & 0x3F);
+			u_code = (u32(code & 0x1F) << 6) | u32(s[index + 1] & 0x3F);
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			// 16 bits, 6 + 6 + 4
-			u_code = (u32(code & 0xF) << 12) | (u32(utf8_string[index + 1] & 0x3F) << 6) | u32(utf8_string[index + 2] & 0x3F);
+			u_code = (u32(code & 0xF) << 12) | (u32(s[index + 1] & 0x3F) << 6) | u32(s[index + 2] & 0x3F);
 			break;
 		case 3:
 			// 21 bits, 6 + 6 + 6 + 3
-			u_code = (u32(code & 0x7) << 18) | (u32(utf8_string[index + 1] & 0x3F) << 12) | (u32(utf8_string[index + 2] & 0x3F) << 6) | u32(utf8_string[index + 3] & 0x3F);
+			u_code = (u32(code & 0x7) << 18) | (u32(s[index + 1] & 0x3F) << 12) | (u32(s[index + 2] & 0x3F) << 6) | u32(s[index + 3] & 0x3F);
 			break;
 		default:
 			fmt::throw_exception("Unreachable" HERE);
 		}
 
 		index += extra_bytes;
+		std::invoke(func, u_code);
+	}
+}
 
-		if (u_code <= 0xFF)
+std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string)
+{
+	std::string out;
+	out.reserve(utf8_string.length());
+
+	process_multibyte(utf8_string, [&out](u32 code)
+	{
+		if (code <= 0x7F)
 		{
-			// Latin-1 supplement block
-			out.push_back(static_cast<u8>(u_code));
-			continue;
+			out.push_back(static_cast<u8>(code));
 		}
-
-		auto replace = s_ascii_lowering_map.find(u_code);
-		if (replace == s_ascii_lowering_map.end())
+		else if (auto replace = s_ascii_lowering_map.find(code);
+			replace == s_ascii_lowering_map.end())
 		{
 			out.push_back('#');
-			continue;
 		}
-
-		out.push_back(replace->second);
-	}
+		else
+		{
+			out.push_back(replace->second);
+		}
+	});
 
 	return out;
 }
@@ -161,6 +167,39 @@ std::u16string ascii8_to_utf16(const std::string& ascii_string)
 	return out;
 }
 
+std::wstring utf8_to_wstring(const std::string& utf8_string)
+{
+	std::wstring result;
+	result.reserve(utf8_string.size());
+
+	process_multibyte(utf8_string, [&result](u32 code)
+	{
+		result.push_back(static_cast<wchar_t>(code));
+	});
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+std::u16string wstring_to_utf16(const std::wstring& w_string)
+{
+	if constexpr (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(char16_t))
+	{
+		return reinterpret_cast<const char16_t*>(w_string.data());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		std::u16string result;
+		result.reserve(w_string.size());
+
+		for (const auto& code : w_string)
+		{
+			result.push_back(code);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
+}
+
 namespace rsx
 {
 	namespace overlays
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
index e88f3d2131..efa4b8c71b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #include <list>
 
 // Utils
-std::string utf8_to_ascii8(const std::string& utf8_string);
-std::string utf16_to_ascii8(const std::u16string& utf16_string);
-std::u16string ascii8_to_utf16(const std::string& ascii_string);
 extern u64 get_system_time();
 
 // Definition of user interface implementations
diff --git a/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj b/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj
index 4d0d32bdc8..7d19ae7025 100644
--- a/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj
+++ b/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlays.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_animation.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_edit_text.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_font.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_fonts.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_list_view.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_message_dialog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_osk.cpp" />
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\Io\Keyboard.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\Io\pad_config.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Common\texture_cache_helpers.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_fonts.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_perf_metrics.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_utils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\Shaders\shader_loading_dialog.h" />
diff --git a/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj.filters b/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj.filters
index bca5a1c828..cf5b78d574 100644
--- a/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/rpcs3/emucore.vcxproj.filters
@@ -836,9 +836,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_trophy_notification.cpp">
       <Filter>Emu\GPU\RSX\Overlays</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_font.cpp">
-      <Filter>Emu\GPU\RSX\Overlays</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_list_view.cpp">
       <Filter>Emu\GPU\RSX\Overlays</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -883,7 +880,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\title.cpp">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\system_config.cpp">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -895,6 +892,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="Emu\system_config_types.cpp">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_fonts.cpp">
+      <Filter>Emu\GPU\RSX\Overlays</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@
     </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\title.h">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\system_config.h">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -1698,6 +1698,9 @@
     </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="Emu\system_config_types.h">
       <Filter>Emu</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Emu\RSX\Overlays\overlay_fonts.h">
+      <Filter>Emu\GPU\RSX\Overlays</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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