diff --git a/frontend/menu/disp/lakka.c b/frontend/menu/disp/lakka.c
index a8c3e1144f..e8001822b8 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/disp/lakka.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/disp/lakka.c
@@ -199,19 +199,20 @@ static void update_tweens(float dt)
 static void lakka_draw_text(const char *str, float x, float y, float scale, float alpha)
 {
    gl_t *gl = (gl_t*)driver.video_data;
+   if (!gl)
+      return;
+
+   gl_set_viewport(gl, gl->win_width, gl->win_height, false, false);
 
    struct font_params params = {0};
-   params.x = x / gl->win_width;
-   params.y = 1.0f - y / gl->win_height;
+   params.x = x / gl->vp.width;
+   params.y = 1.0f - y / gl->vp.height;
 
    if (alpha > global_alpha)
       alpha = global_alpha;
 
    params.scale = scale;
-   params.color = FONT_COLOR_RGBA(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, (uint8_t)(255 * alpha));
-   params.drop_x = -2;
-   params.drop_y = -2;
-   params.drop_mod = 0.3f;
+   params.color = FONT_COLOR_RGBA(255, 255, 255, (uint8_t)(255 * alpha));
 
    if (font_driver)
       font_driver->render_msg(font, str, &params);
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@ void lakka_draw_background(void)
       0.1, 0.74, 0.61, global_alpha,
       0.1, 0.74, 0.61, global_alpha,
    };
-   gl_t *gl = (gl_t*)driver.video_data;
 
+   gl_t *gl = (gl_t*)driver.video_data;
    if (!gl)
       return;
 
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ void lakka_draw_background(void)
 
    if (gl->shader && gl->shader->use)
       gl->shader->use(gl, GL_SHADER_STOCK_BLEND);
+
+   gl->coords.vertices = 4;
    gl_shader_set_coords(gl, &gl->coords, &gl->mvp_no_rot);
 
    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@ void lakka_draw_icon(GLuint texture, float x, float y, float alpha, float rotati
    matrix_scale(&mscal, scale, scale, 1);
    matrix_multiply(&mymat, &mscal, &mymat);
 
+   gl->coords.vertices = 4;
    gl_shader_set_coords(gl, &gl->coords, &mymat);
 
    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
diff --git a/gfx/fonts/gl_raster_font.c b/gfx/fonts/gl_raster_font.c
index f119d0cb53..722db5ce58 100644
--- a/gfx/fonts/gl_raster_font.c
+++ b/gfx/fonts/gl_raster_font.c
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ static void render_message(gl_raster_t *font, const char *msg, GLfloat scale, co
    unsigned i;
    gl_t *gl = font->gl;
 
-   // Rebind shaders so attrib cache gets reset.
-   if (gl->shader && gl->shader->use)
-      gl->shader->use(gl, GL_SHADER_STOCK_BLEND);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, font->tex);
 
 #define MAX_MSG_LEN_CHUNK 64
@@ -136,6 +133,10 @@ static void render_message(gl_raster_t *font, const char *msg, GLfloat scale, co
 
    while (msg_len_full)
    {
+      // Rebind shaders so attrib cache gets reset.
+      if (gl->shader && gl->shader->use)
+         gl->shader->use(gl, GL_SHADER_STOCK_BLEND);
+
       for (i = 0; i < msg_len; i++)
       {
          const struct font_glyph *gly = font->font_driver->get_glyph(font->font_data, (uint8_t)msg[i]);
@@ -207,10 +208,10 @@ static void gl_render_msg(void *data, const char *msg, const struct font_params
       drop_y = params->drop_y;
       drop_mod = params->drop_mod;
 
-      color[0] = FONT_COLOR_GET_RED(params->color);
-      color[1] = FONT_COLOR_GET_GREEN(params->color);
-      color[2] = FONT_COLOR_GET_BLUE(params->color);
-      color[3] = FONT_COLOR_GET_ALPHA(params->color);
+      color[0] = FONT_COLOR_GET_RED(params->color) / 255.0f;
+      color[1] = FONT_COLOR_GET_GREEN(params->color) / 255.0f;
+      color[2] = FONT_COLOR_GET_BLUE(params->color) / 255.0f;
+      color[3] = FONT_COLOR_GET_ALPHA(params->color) / 255.0f;
 
       // If alpha is 0.0f, turn it into default 1.0f
       if (color[3] <= 0.0f)