diff --git a/engine/client/cl_game.c b/engine/client/cl_game.c
index a07e1e5d..4ceed3b8 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_game.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_game.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,11 @@ static qboolean CL_LoadHudSprite( const char *szSpriteName, model_t *m_pSprite,
 	// it's hud sprite, make difference names to prevent free shared textures
 	if( type == SPR_CLIENT || type == SPR_HUDSPRITE )
 		SetBits( m_pSprite->flags, MODEL_CLIENT );
+
+	// force nearest filter for hud sprites to have less artifacts with hud_scale
+	if( type == SPR_HUDSPRITE )
+		SetBits( texFlags, TF_NEAREST );
+
 	m_pSprite->numtexinfo = texFlags; // store texFlags into numtexinfo
 
 	if( !FS_FileExists( szSpriteName, false ) )
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_scrn.c b/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
index 22cf9280..a80763bb 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ qboolean SCR_LoadFixedWidthFont( const char *fontname )
 	if( !FS_FileExists( fontname, false ))
 		return false;
 
-	cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture = ref.dllFuncs.GL_LoadTexture( fontname, NULL, 0, TF_IMAGE|TF_KEEP_SOURCE );
+	cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture = ref.dllFuncs.GL_LoadTexture( fontname, NULL, 0, TF_IMAGE|TF_KEEP_SOURCE|TF_NEAREST );
 	R_GetTextureParms( &fontWidth, NULL, cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture );
 	cls.creditsFont.charHeight = clgame.scrInfo.iCharHeight = fontWidth / 16;
 	cls.creditsFont.type = FONT_FIXED;
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ qboolean SCR_LoadVariableWidthFont( const char *fontname )
 	if( !FS_FileExists( fontname, false ))
 		return false;
 
-	cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture = ref.dllFuncs.GL_LoadTexture( fontname, NULL, 0, TF_IMAGE );
+	cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture = ref.dllFuncs.GL_LoadTexture( fontname, NULL, 0, TF_IMAGE|TF_NEAREST );
 	R_GetTextureParms( &fontWidth, NULL, cls.creditsFont.hFontTexture );
 
 	// half-life font with variable chars witdh