diff -Nuarp opencv-4.8.1.orig/modules/imgproc/src/drawing.cpp opencv-4.8.1/modules/imgproc/src/drawing.cpp
--- opencv-4.8.1.orig/modules/imgproc/src/drawing.cpp	2023-09-27 18:18:31.000000000 +0800
+++ opencv-4.8.1/modules/imgproc/src/drawing.cpp	2023-12-09 17:24:35.811627301 +0800
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 //M*/
 #include "precomp.hpp"
 
+#include "draw_text.h"
+
 namespace cv
 {
 
@@ -2074,6 +2076,7 @@ void polylines( InputOutputArray _img, c
 }
 
 
+#if 0
 enum { FONT_SIZE_SHIFT=8, FONT_ITALIC_ALPHA=(1 << 8),
        FONT_ITALIC_DIGIT=(2 << 8), FONT_ITALIC_PUNCT=(4 << 8),
        FONT_ITALIC_BRACES=(8 << 8), FONT_HAVE_GREEK=(16 << 8),
@@ -2288,6 +2291,7 @@ inline void readCheck(int &c, int &i, co
 }
 
 extern const char* g_HersheyGlyphs[];
+#endif
 
 void putText( InputOutputArray _img, const String& text, Point org,
               int fontFace, double fontScale, Scalar color,
@@ -2301,6 +2305,35 @@ void putText( InputOutputArray _img, con
         return;
     }
     Mat img = _img.getMat();
+
+    const int fontpixelsize = 8 * fontScale;
+    const int base_line = 4 * fontScale;
+    const int yoffset = bottomLeftOrigin ? img.rows - org.y - fontpixelsize * 2 + base_line : org.y - fontpixelsize * 2 + base_line;
+
+    unsigned int _color = 0;
+    unsigned char* border_color = (unsigned char*)&_color;
+
+    if (img.channels() == 1)
+    {
+        border_color[0] = color[0];
+        draw_text_c1(img.data, img.cols, img.rows, text.c_str(), org.x, yoffset, fontpixelsize, _color);
+    }
+    else if (img.channels() == 3)
+    {
+        border_color[0] = color[0];
+        border_color[1] = color[1];
+        border_color[2] = color[2];
+        draw_text_c3(img.data, img.cols, img.rows, text.c_str(), org.x, yoffset, fontpixelsize, _color);
+    }
+    else if (img.channels() == 4)
+    {
+        border_color[0] = color[0];
+        border_color[1] = color[1];
+        border_color[2] = color[2];
+        border_color[3] = color[3];
+        draw_text_c4(img.data, img.cols, img.rows, text.c_str(), org.x, yoffset, fontpixelsize, _color);
+    }
+#if 0
     const int* ascii = getFontData(fontFace);
 
     double buf[4];
@@ -2355,10 +2388,21 @@ void putText( InputOutputArray _img, con
         }
         view_x += dx;
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 Size getTextSize( const String& text, int fontFace, double fontScale, int thickness, int* _base_line)
 {
+    const int fontpixelsize = 8 * fontScale;
+
+    int w;
+    int h;
+    get_text_drawing_size(text.c_str(), fontpixelsize, &w, &h);
+
+    *_base_line = 4 * fontScale;
+
+    return Size(w, h);
+#if 0
     Size size;
     double view_x = 0;
     const char **faces = cv::g_HersheyGlyphs;
@@ -2385,10 +2429,13 @@ Size getTextSize( const String& text, in
     if( _base_line )
         *_base_line = cvRound(base_line*fontScale + thickness*0.5);
     return size;
+#endif
 }
 
 double getFontScaleFromHeight(const int fontFace, const int pixelHeight, const int thickness)
 {
+    return pixelHeight / 16.0;
+#if 0
     // By https://stackoverflow.com/a/27898487/1531708
     const int* ascii = getFontData(fontFace);
 
@@ -2396,6 +2443,7 @@ double getFontScaleFromHeight(const int
     int cap_line = (ascii[0] >> 4) & 15;
 
     return static_cast<double>(pixelHeight - static_cast<double>((thickness + 1)) / 2.0) / static_cast<double>(cap_line + base_line);
+#endif
 }
 
 }
@@ -2897,7 +2945,7 @@ cvInitFont( CvFont *font, int font_face,
 {
     CV_Assert( font != 0 && hscale > 0 && vscale > 0 && thickness >= 0 );
 
-    font->ascii = cv::getFontData(font_face);
+    font->ascii = 0;
     font->font_face = font_face;
     font->hscale = (float)hscale;
     font->vscale = (float)vscale;
diff -Nuarp opencv-4.8.1.orig/modules/imgproc/src/hershey_fonts.cpp opencv-4.8.1/modules/imgproc/src/hershey_fonts.cpp
--- opencv-4.8.1.orig/modules/imgproc/src/hershey_fonts.cpp	2023-09-27 18:18:31.000000000 +0800
+++ opencv-4.8.1/modules/imgproc/src/hershey_fonts.cpp	2023-12-09 17:22:38.027235607 +0800
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 namespace cv
 {
 
+#if 0
 const char* g_HersheyGlyphs[] = {
  "",
  "MWRMNV RMVV PSTS",
@@ -3353,6 +3354,7 @@ const char* g_HersheyGlyphs[] = {
  "",
  "",
  0 };
+#endif
 
 }