diff --git a/egui/src/any/serializable/type_id.rs b/egui/src/any/serializable/type_id.rs
index 320e726ea..abc377c14 100644
--- a/egui/src/any/serializable/type_id.rs
+++ b/egui/src/any/serializable/type_id.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ impl TypeId {
 
 impl From<std::any::TypeId> for TypeId {
     fn from(id: std::any::TypeId) -> Self {
-        use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
-        use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
-
-        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
-        id.hash(&mut hasher);
-        Self(hasher.finish())
+        Self(epaint::util::hash(id))
     }
 }
diff --git a/egui/src/util/cache.rs b/egui/src/util/cache.rs
index 575ee0b6b..88a7a4dc7 100644
--- a/egui/src/util/cache.rs
+++ b/egui/src/util/cache.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use epaint::util::hash;
 
 const SIZE: usize = 1024; // must be small for web/WASM build (for unknown reason)
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<K, V> std::fmt::Debug for Cache<K, V> {
 
 impl<K, V> Cache<K, V>
 where
-    K: Hash + PartialEq,
+    K: std::hash::Hash + PartialEq,
 {
     pub fn get(&self, key: &K) -> Option<&V> {
         let bucket = (hash(key) % (SIZE as u64)) as usize;
@@ -39,10 +39,3 @@ where
         self.0[bucket] = Some((key, value));
     }
 }
-
-fn hash(value: impl Hash) -> u64 {
-    use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
-    let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::default();
-    value.hash(&mut hasher);
-    hasher.finish()
-}
diff --git a/epaint/src/lib.rs b/epaint/src/lib.rs
index 0ccb0bddb..e63de0979 100644
--- a/epaint/src/lib.rs
+++ b/epaint/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ mod stroke;
 pub mod tessellator;
 pub mod text;
 mod texture_atlas;
+pub mod util;
 
 pub use {
     color::{Color32, Rgba},
diff --git a/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs b/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
index fe204fa9f..f90a46f35 100644
--- a/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
+++ b/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    collections::BTreeMap,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
-    sync::Arc,
-};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::{
     mutex::Mutex,
@@ -261,10 +257,7 @@ impl Fonts {
             let mut atlas = atlas.lock();
             let texture = atlas.texture_mut();
             // Make sure we seed the texture version with something unique based on the default characters:
-            use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
-            let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::default();
-            texture.pixels.hash(&mut hasher);
-            texture.version = hasher.finish();
+            texture.version = crate::util::hash(&texture.pixels);
         }
 
         Self {
@@ -412,11 +405,7 @@ struct GalleyCache {
 
 impl GalleyCache {
     fn layout(&mut self, fonts: &Fonts, job: LayoutJob) -> Arc<Galley> {
-        let hash = {
-            let mut hasher = ahash::AHasher::new_with_keys(123, 456); // TODO: even faster hasher?
-            job.hash(&mut hasher);
-            hasher.finish()
-        };
+        let hash = crate::util::hash_with(&job, ahash::AHasher::new_with_keys(123, 456)); // TODO: even faster hasher?
 
         match self.cache.entry(hash) {
             std::collections::hash_map::Entry::Occupied(entry) => {
diff --git a/epaint/src/util.rs b/epaint/src/util.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..229818416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epaint/src/util.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/// Hash the given value with a predictable hasher.
+#[inline]
+pub fn hash(value: impl std::hash::Hash) -> u64 {
+    hash_with(value, std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::default())
+}
+
+/// Hash the given value with the given hasher.
+#[inline]
+pub fn hash_with(value: impl std::hash::Hash, mut hasher: impl std::hash::Hasher) -> u64 {
+    value.hash(&mut hasher);
+    hasher.finish()
+}