diff --git a/source/blood/src/d_menu.cpp b/source/blood/src/d_menu.cpp
index ce6256852..272c3b5c8 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/d_menu.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/d_menu.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ void GameInterface::DrawNativeMenuText(int fontnum, int state, double xpos, doub
 		int width = gamefont->StringWidth(text);
 		xpos -= width / 2;
 	}
-	DrawText(twod, gamefont, CR_UNDEFINED, xpos, ypos, text, DTA_TranslationIndex, TRANSLATION(Translation_Remap, pal), DTA_Color, shadeToLight(shade), TAG_DONE);
+	DrawText(twod, gamefont, CR_UNDEFINED, xpos+1, ypos+1, text, DTA_Color, 0xff000000, DTA_Alpha, 0.5,
+			 DTA_FullscreenScale, 3, DTA_VirtualWidth, 320, DTA_VirtualHeight, 200, TAG_DONE);
+
+	DrawText(twod, gamefont, CR_UNDEFINED, xpos, ypos, text, DTA_TranslationIndex, TRANSLATION(Translation_Remap, pal), DTA_Color, shadeToLight(shade),
+			 DTA_FullscreenScale, 3, DTA_VirtualWidth, 320, DTA_VirtualHeight, 200, TAG_DONE);
 }
 
 
@@ -267,7 +271,7 @@ void GameInterface::DrawMenuCaption(const DVector2& origin, const char* text)
 	if (boxwidth - 10 < width) scalex = double(width) / (boxwidth - 10);
 	
 	DrawTexture(twod, tileGetTexture(2038, true), 160, 20, DTA_FullscreenScale, 3, DTA_VirtualWidth, 320, DTA_VirtualHeight, 200, DTA_CenterOffsetRel, true, DTA_ScaleX, scalex, TAG_DONE);
-	DrawText(twod, BigFont, CR_UNDEFINED, 160, 29, text, TAG_DONE);
+	DrawText(twod, BigFont, CR_UNDEFINED, 160 - width/2, 20 - tileHeight(4193) / 2, text, DTA_FullscreenScale, 3, DTA_VirtualWidth, 320, DTA_VirtualHeight, 200, TAG_DONE);
 }
 
 void GameInterface::DrawCenteredTextScreen(const DVector2& origin, const char* text, int position, bool bg)
@@ -280,9 +284,9 @@ void GameInterface::DrawCenteredTextScreen(const DVector2& origin, const char* t
 		int y = 100 - (height * lines.Size() / 2);
 		for (auto& l : lines)
 		{
-			int width = SmallFont->StringWidth(text);
+			int width = SmallFont->StringWidth(l);
 			int x = 160 - width / 2;
-			DrawText(twod, SmallFont, CR_UNTRANSLATED, y, y, text, TAG_DONE);
+			DrawText(twod, SmallFont, CR_UNTRANSLATED, x, y, l, DTA_FullscreenScale, 3, DTA_VirtualWidth, 320, DTA_VirtualHeight, 200, TAG_DONE);
 			y += height;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/source/blood/src/view.cpp b/source/blood/src/view.cpp
index f2293e077..8a3cfa538 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/view.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/view.cpp
@@ -180,15 +180,18 @@ void FontSet(int id, int tile, int space)
 	for (int i = 1; i < 96; i++)
 	{
 		auto tex = tileGetTexture(tile + i);
-		if (tex->isValid() && tex->GetTexelWidth() > 0 && tex->GetTexelHeight() > 0)
+		if (tex && tex->isValid() && tex->GetTexelWidth() > 0 && tex->GetTexelHeight() > 0)
+		{
 			glyphs.Insert(i + 32, tex);
+			tex->SetOffsetsNotForFont();
+		}
 
 	}
 	const char *names[] = { "smallfont", "bigfont", "gothfont", "smallfont2", "digifont"};
 	const char *defs[] = { "defsmallfont", "defbigfont", nullptr, "defsmallfont2", nullptr};
-	const bool kerning[] = { 0, 1, 1, 1, 0};
 	FFont ** ptrs[] = { &SmallFont, &BigFont, nullptr, &SmallFont2, nullptr};
-	gFont[id] =	new ::FFont(names[id], nullptr, defs[id], 0, 0, 0, kerning[id], tileWidth(tile), false, false, &glyphs);
+	gFont[id] =	new ::FFont(names[id], nullptr, defs[id], 0, 0, 0, 0, tileWidth(tile), false, false, false, &glyphs);
+	gFont[id]->SetKerning(space);
 	if (ptrs[id]) *ptrs[id] = gFont[id];
 }