diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cc846c00..d5ed5b59 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "cmake"]
 	path = cmake
 	url = https://github.com/Kitware/CMake
+[submodule "fonts/liberation-fonts"]
+	path = fonts/liberation-fonts
+	url = https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts
diff --git a/build/makefile_base.mak b/build/makefile_base.mak
index dbaf8e8f..0617155f 100644
--- a/build/makefile_base.mak
+++ b/build/makefile_base.mak
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ CMAKE_OBJ64 := ./obj-cmake64
 CMAKE_BIN32 := $(CMAKE_OBJ32)/built/bin/cmake
 CMAKE_BIN64 := $(CMAKE_OBJ64)/built/bin/cmake
 
+FONTS := $(SRCDIR)/fonts
+FONTS_OBJ := ./obj-fonts
+
 ## Object directories
 OBJ_DIRS := $(TOOLS_DIR32)        $(TOOLS_DIR64)        \
             $(OPENAL_OBJ32)       $(OPENAL_OBJ64)       \
@@ -248,9 +251,11 @@ DIST_LICENSE := $(DST_BASE)/LICENSE
 DIST_GECKO_DIR := $(DST_DIR)/share/wine/gecko
 DIST_GECKO32 := $(DIST_GECKO_DIR)/$(GECKO32_MSI)
 DIST_GECKO64 := $(DIST_GECKO_DIR)/$(GECKO64_MSI)
+DIST_FONTS := $(DST_DIR)/share/fonts
 
 DIST_TARGETS := $(DIST_COPY_TARGETS) $(DIST_VERSION) $(DIST_OVR32) $(DIST_OVR64) \
-                $(DIST_GECKO32) $(DIST_GECKO64) $(DIST_COMPAT_MANIFEST) $(DIST_LICENSE)
+                $(DIST_GECKO32) $(DIST_GECKO64) $(DIST_COMPAT_MANIFEST) $(DIST_LICENSE) \
+                $(DIST_FONTS)
 
 DEPLOY_COPY_TARGETS := $(DIST_COPY_TARGETS) $(DIST_VERSION) $(DIST_LICENSE)
 
@@ -302,6 +307,10 @@ $(DIST_GECKO32): | $(DIST_GECKO_DIR)
 		cp "$(SRCDIR)/contrib/$(GECKO32_MSI)" "$@"; \
 	fi
 
+$(DIST_FONTS): fonts
+	mkdir -p $@
+	cp $(FONTS_OBJ)/*.ttf "$@"
+
 .PHONY: dist
 
 ALL_TARGETS += dist
@@ -312,7 +321,11 @@ GOAL_TARGETS += dist
 dist: $(DIST_TARGETS) | $(WINE_OUT) $(filter $(MAKECMDGOALS),wine64 wine32 wine) $(DST_DIR)
 	rm -rf $(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX)) && \
 	WINEPREFIX=$(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX)) $(WINE_OUT_BIN) wineboot && \
-		WINEPREFIX=$(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX)) $(WINE_OUT_SERVER) -w
+		WINEPREFIX=$(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX)) $(WINE_OUT_SERVER) -w && \
+		ln -s $(FONTLINKPATH)/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf $(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX))/drive_c/windows/Fonts/arial.ttf && \
+		ln -s $(FONTLINKPATH)/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf $(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX))/drive_c/windows/Fonts/arialbd.ttf && \
+		ln -s $(FONTLINKPATH)/LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf $(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX))/drive_c/windows/Fonts/times.ttf && \
+		ln -s $(FONTLINKPATH)/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf $(abspath $(DIST_PREFIX))/drive_c/windows/Fonts/cour.ttf
 
 deploy: dist | $(filter-out dist deploy install,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
 	mkdir -p $(DEPLOY_DIR) && \
@@ -916,6 +929,53 @@ endif # NO_DXVK
 #  build_vrclient64_tests
 #  build_vrclient32_tests
 
+ALL_TARGETS += fonts
+GOAL_TARGETS += fonts
+
+.PHONY: fonts
+
+FONTFORGE = fontforge -quiet
+FONTSCRIPT = $(FONTS)/scripts/generatefont.pe
+FONTLINKPATH = ../../../../fonts
+
+LIBERATION_SRCDIR = $(FONTS)/liberation-fonts/src
+
+LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_SFD = LiberationSans-Regular.sfd
+LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_SFD = LiberationSans-Bold.sfd
+LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_SFD = LiberationSerif-Regular.sfd
+LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_SFD = LiberationMono-Regular.sfd
+
+LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_TTF = $(addprefix $(FONTS_OBJ)/, $(LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_SFD:.sfd=.ttf))
+LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_TTF = $(addprefix $(FONTS_OBJ)/, $(LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_SFD:.sfd=.ttf))
+LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_TTF = $(addprefix $(FONTS_OBJ)/, $(LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_SFD:.sfd=.ttf))
+LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_TTF = $(addprefix $(FONTS_OBJ)/, $(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_SFD:.sfd=.ttf))
+
+LIBERATION_SFDS = $(LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_SFD) $(LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_SFD) $(LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_SFD) $(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_SFD)
+FONT_TTFS = $(LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_TTF) $(LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_TTF) \
+            $(LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_TTF) $(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_TTF)
+FONTS_SRC = $(FONT_TTFS:.ttf=.sfd)
+
+$(LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_TTF): $(FONTS_SRC) $(FONTSCRIPT)
+	$(FONTFORGE) -script $(FONTSCRIPT) $(@:.ttf=.sfd) "Arial" "Arial" "Arial"
+
+$(LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_TTF): $(FONTS_SRC) $(FONTSCRIPT)
+	$(FONTFORGE) -script $(FONTSCRIPT) $(@:.ttf=.sfd) "Arial-Bold" "Arial" "Arial Bold"
+
+$(LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_TTF): $(FONTS_SRC) $(FONTSCRIPT)
+	$(FONTFORGE) -script $(FONTSCRIPT) $(@:.ttf=.sfd) "TimesNewRoman" "Times New Roman" "Times New Roman"
+
+$(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_TTF): $(FONTS_SRC) $(FONTSCRIPT)
+	patch $(@:.ttf=.sfd) $(FONTS)/patches/$(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_SFD:.sfd=.patch)
+	$(FONTFORGE) -script $(FONTSCRIPT) $(@:.ttf=.sfd) "CourierNew" "Courier New" "Courier New"
+
+$(FONTS_OBJ):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+$(FONTS_SRC): $(FONTS_OBJ)
+	cp -n $(addprefix $(LIBERATION_SRCDIR)/, $(LIBERATION_SFDS)) $<
+
+fonts: $(LIBERATION_SANS_REGULAR_TTF) $(LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD_TTF) \
+       $(LIBERATION_SERIF_REGULAR_TTF) $(LIBERATION_MONO_REGULAR_TTF) | $(FONTS_SRC)
 
 ##
 ## Targets
diff --git a/fonts/liberation-fonts b/fonts/liberation-fonts
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9510ebd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/liberation-fonts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9510ebd130bcb4dfc76b053b438d8a97a3ed4600
diff --git a/fonts/patches/LiberationMono-Regular.patch b/fonts/patches/LiberationMono-Regular.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e32b36dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/patches/LiberationMono-Regular.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/LiberationMono-Regular.sfd b/LiberationMono-Regular.sfd
+index 0cedbd4..13b9a63 100644
+--- a/LiberationMono-Regular.sfd
++++ b/LiberationMono-Regular.sfd
+@@ -3931,6 +3931,10 @@ ShortTable: maxp 16
+   3
+   1
+ EndShort
++TtfTable: VDMX 94
++!!!!"!!**$!<E0/!"B2J!!iQ/s8E!)!"&](!"&]4s8;p*!"8i*!"8i9s8;p,!"Ao*!"Ju<s82j-
++!"Ju+!"],?s82j/!"],,!"o8Bs8)d0!"f2-!#,DFs8)cr
++EndTtf
+ LangName: 1033 "" "" "Regular" "Ascender - Liberation Mono" "" "Version 2.00.3" "" "Liberation is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain other jurisdictions." "Ascender Corporation" "Steve Matteson" "Based on Cousine, which was designed by Steve Matteson as an innovative, refreshing sans serif design that is metrically compatible with Courier New+ISIA. Cousine offers improved on-screen readability characteristics and the pan-European WGL character set and solves the needs of developers looking for width-compatible fonts to address document portability across platforms." "http://www.ascendercorp.com/" "http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html" "Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1" "http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" 
+ GaspTable: 3 8 2 17 1 65535 3 0
+ Encoding: UnicodeBmp
diff --git a/fonts/scripts/generatefont.pe b/fonts/scripts/generatefont.pe
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6089a3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/scripts/generatefont.pe
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if ($argc != 5)
+    Error ("Expected arguments - FileName, PSName, FamilyName, FaceName")
+endif
+
+Open($1)
+SetFontNames($argv[2], $argv[3], $argv[4])
+Generate($1:r + ".ttf")
diff --git a/proton b/proton
index 5002792a..ea9bb4fe 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ basedir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
 bindir = basedir + "/dist/bin/"
 libdir = basedir + "/dist/lib"
 lib64dir = basedir + "/dist/lib64"
+fontsdir = basedir + "/dist/share/fonts"
 wine_path = bindir + "/wine"
 
 #extract if needed
@@ -221,6 +222,25 @@ if "SteamGameId" in env:
 else:
     env["WINEDEBUG"] = "-all"
 
+def create_fonts_symlinks(prefix_path):
+    fontsmap = [
+        ( "LiberationSans-Regular.ttf", "arial.ttf" ),
+        ( "LiberationSans-Bold.ttf", "arialbd.ttf" ),
+        ( "LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf", "times.ttf" ),
+        ( "LiberationMono-Regular.ttf", "cour.ttf" ),
+    ]
+
+    windowsfonts = prefix_path + "/drive_c/windows/Fonts"
+    for p in fontsmap:
+        lname = os.path.join(windowsfonts, p[1])
+        fname = os.path.join(fontsdir, p[0])
+        if os.path.lexists(lname):
+            if os.path.islink(lname):
+                os.remove(lname)
+                os.symlink(fname, lname)
+        else:
+            os.symlink(fname, lname)
+
 prefix_lock = FileLock(os.environ["STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH"] + "/pfx.lock", timeout=-1)
 with prefix_lock:
     version_file = os.environ["STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH"] + "/version"
@@ -238,6 +258,9 @@ with prefix_lock:
     with open(version_file, "w") as f:
         f.write(CURRENT_PREFIX_VERSION + "\n")
 
+    #create font files symlinks
+    create_fonts_symlinks(prefix)
+
     #copy steam files into place
     if "STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH" in os.environ:
         #modern steam client sets this