matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
+25-10 b/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
+25-10
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def draw_text(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath=False, mtext=None):
         if mpl.rcParams['ps.useafm']:
             font = self._get_font_afm(prop)
             scale = 0.001 * prop.get_size_in_points()
-
+            stream = []
             thisx = 0
             last_name = None  # kerns returns 0 for None.
             xs_names = []
@@ -647,21 +647,36 @@ def draw_text(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath=False, mtext=None):
                 thisx += kern * scale
                 xs_names.append((thisx, name))
                 thisx += width * scale
+            ps_name = (font.postscript_name
+                       .encode("ascii", "replace").decode("ascii"))
+            stream.append((ps_name, xs_names))
 
         else:
             font = self._get_font_ttf(prop)
-            font.set_text(s, 0, flags=LOAD_NO_HINTING)
             self._character_tracker.track(font, s)
-            xs_names = [(item.x, font.get_glyph_name(item.glyph_idx))
-                        for item in _text_helpers.layout(s, font)]
+            stream = []
+            prev_font = curr_stream = None
+            for item in _text_helpers.layout(s, font):
+                ps_name = (item.ft_object.postscript_name
+                           .encode("ascii", "replace").decode("ascii"))
+                if item.ft_object is not prev_font:
+                    if curr_stream:
+                        stream.append(curr_stream)
+                    prev_font = item.ft_object
+                    curr_stream = [ps_name, []]
+                curr_stream[1].append(
+                    (item.x, item.ft_object.get_glyph_name(item.glyph_idx))
+                )
+            # append the last entry
+            stream.append(curr_stream)
 
         self.set_color(*gc.get_rgb())
-        ps_name = (font.postscript_name
-                   .encode("ascii", "replace").decode("ascii"))
-        self.set_font(ps_name, prop.get_size_in_points())
-        thetext = "\n".join(f"{x:g} 0 m /{name:s} glyphshow"
-                            for x, name in xs_names)
-        self._pswriter.write(f"""\
+
+        for ps_name, xs_names in stream:
+            self.set_font(ps_name, prop.get_size_in_points(), False)
+            thetext = "\n".join(f"{x:g} 0 m /{name:s} glyphshow"
+                                for x, name in xs_names)
+            self._pswriter.write(f"""\
 gsave
 {self._get_clip_cmd(gc)}
 {x:g} {y:g} translate