diff --git a/src/st_stuff.c b/src/st_stuff.c
index 9632ba31ef544b3336df5849a1d782b127f3cb46..959075eedfc692c449e053a5d3b9c6c27cb9b384 100644
--- a/src/st_stuff.c
+++ b/src/st_stuff.c
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@ static void ST_drawDebugInfo(void)
 								V_DrawRightAlignedThinString(320,  8+lowh, VFLAGS|V_REDMAP, "SOME INFO NOT VISIBLE");\
 								return;\
 							}\
-							V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(320, height, 8, 12, VFLAGS, textscale, str, hu_font);\
+							V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(320, height, 8, 12, VFLAGS, textscale, textscale, str, hu_font);\
 							height += h;
 
-#define V_DrawDebugFlag(f, str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(width, height, 8, 12, VFLAGS|f, textscale, str, hu_font);\
+#define V_DrawDebugFlag(f, str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(width, height, 8, 12, VFLAGS|f, textscale, textscale, str, hu_font);\
 								width -= w
 
 	if (cv_debug & DBG_MEMORY)
diff --git a/src/v_video.c b/src/v_video.c
index b82d4c54b1b3898adfc38c4a855e95e1f4df1ade..e06b987884650dea33287aaad663cefb3136f1f3 100644
--- a/src/v_video.c
+++ b/src/v_video.c
@@ -2143,24 +2143,24 @@ char *V_WordWrap(INT32 x, INT32 w, INT32 option, const char *string)
 
 // Draw a string, using a supplied font and scale.
 // NOTE: The text is centered for screens larger than the base width.
-void V_DrawFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
-	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, scale, string, font);
+	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, pscale, vscale, string, font);
 }
 
-void V_DrawCenteredFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawCenteredFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
-	V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, scale, string, font);
+	V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, pscale, vscale, string, font);
 }
 
-void V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
-	V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, scale, string, font);
+	V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed((fixed_t)x<<FRACBITS, (fixed_t)y<<FRACBITS, width, height, option, pscale, vscale, string, font);
 }
 
 // Write a string, using a supplied font and scale, at fixed_t coordinates.
 // NOTE: The text is centered for screens larger than the base width.
-void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
 	fixed_t cx = x, cy = y;
 	INT32 w, c, dupx, dupy, scrwidth, center = 0, left = 0;
@@ -2179,7 +2179,8 @@ void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, IN
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		dupx = dupy = scale;
+		dupx = pscale;
+		dupy = vscale;
 		scrwidth = FixedDiv(vid.width<<FRACBITS, vid.dupx);
 		left = (scrwidth - (BASEVIDWIDTH << FRACBITS))/2;
 		scrwidth -= left;
@@ -2252,22 +2253,22 @@ void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, IN
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		V_DrawFixedPatch(cx + center, cy, scale, option, font[c], V_GetStringColormap(charflags));
+		V_DrawStretchyFixedPatch(cx + center, cy, pscale, vscale, option, font[c], V_GetStringColormap(charflags));
 
 		cx += w;
 	}
 }
 
-void V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
-	x -= (V_FontStringWidth(string, option, width, font)*scale)/2;
-	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x, y, width, height, option, scale, string, font);
+	x -= (V_FontStringWidth(string, option, width, font)*pscale)/2;
+	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x, y, width, height, option, pscale, vscale, string, font);
 }
 
-void V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
+void V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font)
 {
-	x -= V_FontStringWidth(string, option, width, font)*scale;
-	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x, y, width, height, option, scale, string, font);
+	x -= V_FontStringWidth(string, option, width, font)*pscale;
+	V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x, y, width, height, option, pscale, vscale, string, font);
 }
 
 // Draws a tallnum.  Replaces two functions in y_inter and st_stuff
diff --git a/src/v_video.h b/src/v_video.h
index c94ec43dc1c760a7ac344d0b832b4e626b793b6a..acc2841beadb22d77104976b2d0382ece3fb2b45 100644
--- a/src/v_video.h
+++ b/src/v_video.h
@@ -210,48 +210,48 @@ char *V_WordWrap(INT32 x, INT32 w, INT32 option, const char *string);
 UINT8 *V_GetStringColormap(INT32 colorflags);
 
 // Draw a string, using a supplied font and scale.
-void V_DrawFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
-void V_DrawCenteredFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
-void V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawCenteredFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
 // Draw a string, using a supplied font and scale, at fixed_t coordinates.
-void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
-void V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
-void V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t scale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
+void V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 width, INT32 height, INT32 option, fixed_t pscale, fixed_t vscale, const char *string, patch_t **font);
 // width = "average" character width (divided by 2 for space width), height = distance between two lines. TODO: incorporate these in the supplied font, somehow
 
 // Defines for old string drawers.
 // draw a string using the hu_font
-#define V_DrawString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
 // draw a string using the hu_font, 0.5x scale
-#define V_DrawSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
 // Write a string using the tny_font
-#define V_DrawThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
 // draw a string using the tny_font, 0.5x scale
-#define V_DrawSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallThinString(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontString(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
 // draw a string using the hu_font at fixed_t coordinates
-#define V_DrawStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,hu_font)
 // draw a string using the hu_font at fixed_t coordinates, 0.5x scale
-#define V_DrawSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,8,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,hu_font)
 // draw a string using the tny_font at fixed_t coordinates
-#define V_DrawThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT,FRACUNIT,str,tny_font)
 // draw a string using the tny_font at fixed_t coordinates, 0.5x scale
-#define V_DrawSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawCenteredSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
-#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawCenteredSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawCenteredFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
+#define V_DrawRightAlignedSmallThinStringAtFixed(x,y,o,str) V_DrawRightAlignedFontStringAtFixed(x,y,5,12,o,FRACUNIT/2,FRACUNIT/2,str,tny_font)
 
 // Draw tall nums, used for menu, HUD, intermission
 void V_DrawTallNum(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 flags, INT32 num);