diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_venacti bold 24.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_venacti bold 24.ini
index 8590393ef2..b846bd6fa8 100755
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_venacti bold 24.ini	
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_venacti bold 24.ini	
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ LineSpacing=29
 DrawExtraPixelsLeft=2
 DrawExtraPixelsRight=0
 AdvanceExtraPixels=0
+DefaultStrokeColor=#FFFFFF00
+
 0=0
 1=0
 2=0
diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/Scripts/Colors.lua b/stepmania/Themes/default/Scripts/Colors.lua
index 5580aa72aa..5a20ee5922 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/Scripts/Colors.lua
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/Scripts/Colors.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ function DifficultyDisplayTypeToColor( ddt )
 	return color("#000000");
 end
 
+function DifficultyDisplayTypeToDarkColor( ddt ) 
+	local c = DifficultyDisplayTypeToColor(ddt);
+	c[1] = c[1]/2;
+	c[2] = c[2]/2;
+	c[3] = c[3]/2;
+	return c;
+end
+
 function CourseDifficutlyToColor( cd )
 	local c = CourseDifficultyColors[cd]
 	if c then return c end
diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
index cd37c37fd4..aeef9145f4 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
@@ -967,11 +967,11 @@ ScoreFrameY=SCREEN_BOTTOM
 ScoreFrameOnCommand=vertalign,bottom;addy,100;linear,0.5;addy,-100
 ScoreFrameOffCommand=linear,0.5;addy,100
 ScoreP1X=SCREEN_CENTER_X-220
-ScoreP1Y=SCREEN_CENTER_Y+210
+ScoreP1Y=SCREEN_CENTER_Y+214
 ScoreP1OnCommand=addy,100;linear,1;addy,-100;draworder,109;
 ScoreP1OffCommand=linear,1;addy,100;
 ScoreP2X=SCREEN_CENTER_X+220
-ScoreP2Y=SCREEN_CENTER_Y+210
+ScoreP2Y=SCREEN_CENTER_Y+214
 ScoreP2OnCommand=addy,100;linear,1;addy,-100;draworder,109;
 ScoreP2OffCommand=linear,1;addy,100;
 SecondaryScoreP1X=SCREEN_CENTER_X-20
@@ -1983,6 +1983,7 @@ ShowDescription=true
 DescriptionX=-10
 DescriptionY=0
 DescriptionOnCommand=zoom,0.5;shadowlength,0;
+DescriptionSetCommand=%function(self,param) if param.Difficulty then self:diffuse(DifficultyDisplayTypeToColor(param.DifficultyDisplayType)) self:strokecolor(DifficultyDisplayTypeToDarkColor(param.DifficultyDisplayType)) end end
 ShowAutogen=true
 AutogenX=0
 AutogenY=0