diff --git a/360/fonts.cpp b/360/fonts.cpp
index 71823cfd9b..34930d1a54 100644
--- a/360/fonts.cpp
+++ b/360/fonts.cpp
@@ -270,11 +270,14 @@ static const char g_strFontShader[] =
    "{\n"
       "float2 Pos : POSITION;\n"
       "float2 Tex : TEXCOORD0;\n"
+      "float4 ChannelSelector : TEXCOORD1;\n"
    "};\n"
    "struct VS_OUT\n"
    "{\n"
       "float4 Position : POSITION;\n"
+      "float4 Diffuse : COLOR0_center;\n"
       "float2 TexCoord0 : TEXCOORD0;\n"
+      "float4 ChannelSelector : TEXCOORD1;\n"
    "};\n"
    "uniform float4 Color : register(c1);\n"
    "uniform float2 TexScale : register(c2);\n"
@@ -286,13 +289,27 @@ static const char g_strFontShader[] =
      "Out.Position.y  = (In.Pos.y-0.5);\n"
      "Out.Position.z  = ( 0.0 );\n"
      "Out.Position.w  = ( 1.0 );\n"
+     "Out.Diffuse = Color;\n"
      "Out.TexCoord0.x = In.Tex.x * TexScale.x;\n"
      "Out.TexCoord0.y = In.Tex.y * TexScale.y;\n"
+     "Out.ChannelSelector = In.ChannelSelector;\n"
      "return Out;\n"
    "}\n"
    "float4 main_fragment( VS_OUT In ) : COLOR0\n"
    "{\n"
-     "return tex2D( FontTexture, In.TexCoord0 );\n"
+     "float4 FontTexel = tex2D( FontTexture, In.TexCoord0 );\n"
+     "if( dot( In.ChannelSelector, float4(1,1,1,1) ) )\n"
+     "{\n"
+      "float value = dot( FontTexel, In.ChannelSelector );\n"
+      "float4 Color;\n"
+      "Color.rgb = ( value > 0.5f ? 2*value-1 : 0.0f );\n"
+      "Color.a = 2 * ( value > 0.5f ? 1.0f : value );\n"
+      "return Color * In.Diffuse;\n"
+   "}\n"
+      "else\n"
+      "{\n"
+         "return FontTexel * In.Diffuse;\n"
+      "}\n"
    "}\n";
 
 typedef struct Font_Locals_t {