diff --git a/src/canvas.js b/src/canvas.js
index 6007d0031..8fe497dd4 100644
--- a/src/canvas.js
+++ b/src/canvas.js
@@ -1114,26 +1114,16 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function canvasGraphics() {
 
       var tmpCanvas = new this.ScratchCanvas(w, h);
       var tmpCtx = tmpCanvas.getContext('2d');
-      var tmpImgData;
+      this.putBinaryImageData(tmpCtx, imgData, w, h);
 
-      // Some browsers can set an UInt8Array directly as imageData, some
-      // can't. As long as we don't have proper feature detection, just
-      // copy over each pixel and set the imageData that way.
-      tmpImgData = tmpCtx.getImageData(0, 0, w, h);
-
-      // Copy over the imageData.
-      var tmpImgDataPixels = tmpImgData.data;
-      var len = tmpImgDataPixels.length;
-
-      while (len--) {
-        tmpImgDataPixels[len] = imgData.data[len];
-      }
-
-      tmpCtx.putImageData(tmpImgData, 0, 0);
       ctx.drawImage(tmpCanvas, 0, -h);
       this.restore();
     },
 
+    putBinaryImageData: function canvasPutBinaryImageData() {
+      //
+    },
+
     // Marked content
 
     markPoint: function canvasGraphicsMarkPoint(tag) {
@@ -1194,3 +1184,38 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function canvasGraphics() {
   return constructor;
 })();
 
+if (!isWorker) {
+  // Feature detection if the browser can use an Uint8Array directly as imgData.
+  var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  canvas.width = 1;
+  canvas.height = 1;
+  var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+  try {
+    ctx.putImageData({
+      width: 1,
+      height: 1,
+      data: new Uint8Array(4)
+    }, 0, 0);
+
+    CanvasGraphics.prototype.putBinaryImageData =
+      function CanvasGraphicsPutBinaryImageDataNative(ctx, imgData) {
+        ctx.putImageData(imgData, 0, 0);
+      };
+  } catch (e) {
+    CanvasGraphics.prototype.putBinaryImageData =
+      function CanvasGraphicsPutBinaryImageDataShim(ctx, imgData, w, h) {
+        var tmpImgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, w, h);
+
+        // Copy over the imageData pixel by pixel.
+        var tmpImgDataPixels = tmpImgData.data;
+        var len = tmpImgDataPixels.length;
+
+        while (len--) {
+          tmpImgDataPixels[len] = imgData.data[len];
+        }
+
+        ctx.putImageData(tmpImgData, 0, 0);
+      };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index bbdf90f60..55c68352d 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 var globalScope = (typeof window === 'undefined') ? this : window;
 
+var isWorker = (typeof window == 'undefined');
+
 var ERRORS = 0, WARNINGS = 1, TODOS = 5;
 var verbosity = WARNINGS;
 
diff --git a/src/fonts.js b/src/fonts.js
index 672739ea4..11af92f1e 100644
--- a/src/fonts.js
+++ b/src/fonts.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var isWorker = (typeof window == 'undefined');
-
 /**
  * Maximum time to wait for a font to be loaded by font-face rules.
  */