diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
index da3db4a3f1..ce698609d3 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 package net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
+import net.runelite.client.config.Alpha;
 import net.runelite.client.config.Config;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigGroup;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigItem;
+import net.runelite.client.config.FontType;
 import net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems.config.ItemHighlightMode;
 import net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems.config.MenuHighlightMode;
 import net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems.config.PriceDisplayMode;
@@ -115,16 +117,16 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
-	
+
 	@ConfigItem(
 		keyName = "highlightTiles",
 		name = "Highlight Tiles",
 		description = "Configures whether or not to highlight tiles containing ground items",
 		position = 6
 	)
-	default boolean highlightTiles() 
-	{ 
-		return false; 
+	default boolean highlightTiles()
+	{
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	@ConfigItem(
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for default, non-highlighted items",
 		position = 13
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color defaultColor()
 	{
 		return Color.WHITE;
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for highlighted items",
 		position = 14
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color highlightedColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#AA00FF");
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for hidden items in right-click menu and when holding ALT",
 		position = 15
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color hiddenColor()
 	{
 		return Color.GRAY;
@@ -232,6 +237,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for low value items",
 		position = 16
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color lowValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#66B2FF");
@@ -254,6 +260,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for medium value items",
 		position = 18
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color mediumValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#99FF99");
@@ -276,6 +283,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for high value items",
 		position = 20
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color highValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#FF9600");
@@ -298,6 +306,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		description = "Configures the color for insane value items",
 		position = 22
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color insaneValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#FF66B2");
@@ -346,4 +355,15 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
-}
+
+	@ConfigItem(
+		keyName = "fontType",
+		name = "Font type",
+		description = "Configures the font type to use when drawing items",
+		position = 27
+	)
+	default FontType fontStyle()
+	{
+		return FontType.REGULAR;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
index 1406bb1747..ac1d0e2c1f 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.FontMetrics;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Polygon;
@@ -94,8 +95,6 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 		{
 			return null;
 		}
-
-		final FontMetrics fm = graphics.getFontMetrics();
 		final Player player = client.getLocalPlayer();
 
 		if (player == null || client.getViewportWidget() == null)
@@ -103,6 +102,13 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		final Font originalFont = graphics.getFont();
+		final Font font = config.fontStyle().getFont();
+
+		graphics.setFont(font);
+
+		final FontMetrics fm = graphics.getFontMetrics();
+
 		offsetMap.clear();
 		final LocalPoint localLocation = player.getLocalLocation();
 		final Point mousePos = client.getMouseCanvasPosition();
@@ -339,6 +345,8 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 			textComponent.render(graphics);
 		}
 
+		graphics.setFont(originalFont);
+
 		return null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
index 98532a8d7c..fba19f5013 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@
  */
 package net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.components;
 
+import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Composite;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.FontMetrics;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Point;
+import java.awt.Shape;
+import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.RenderableEntity;
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ public class TextComponent implements RenderableEntity
 	private String text;
 	private Point position = new Point();
 	private Color color = Color.WHITE;
+	private Color borderColor = Color.BLACK;
 
 	public static String textWithoutColTags(String text)
 	{
@@ -64,28 +69,43 @@ public class TextComponent implements RenderableEntity
 				final String textWithoutCol = textWithoutColTags(textSplitOnCol);
 				final String colColor = textSplitOnCol.substring(textSplitOnCol.indexOf("=") + 1, textSplitOnCol.indexOf(">"));
 
-				// shadow
-				graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
-				graphics.drawString(textWithoutCol, x + 1, position.y + 1);
-
-				// actual text
-				graphics.setColor(Color.decode("#" + colColor));
-				graphics.drawString(textWithoutCol, x, position.y);
+				renderText(graphics, x, position.y, textWithoutCol, Color.decode("#" + colColor), borderColor);
 
 				x += fontMetrics.stringWidth(textWithoutCol);
 			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			// shadow
-			graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
-			graphics.drawString(text, position.x + 1, position.y + 1);
-
-			// actual text
-			graphics.setColor(color);
-			graphics.drawString(text, position.x, position.y);
+			renderText(graphics, position.x, position.y, text, color, borderColor);
 		}
-
 		return new Dimension(fontMetrics.stringWidth(text), fontMetrics.getHeight());
 	}
+
+	private void renderText(Graphics2D graphics, int x, int y, String text, Color color, Color border)
+	{
+		// remember previous composite
+		Composite originalComposite = graphics.getComposite();
+
+		// create a vector of the text
+		GlyphVector vector = graphics.getFont().createGlyphVector(graphics.getFontRenderContext(), text);
+
+		// compute the text shape
+		Shape stroke = vector.getOutline(x + 1, y + 1);
+		Shape shape = vector.getOutline(x, y);
+
+		// draw text border
+		graphics.setColor(border);
+		graphics.fill(stroke);
+
+		// replace the pixels instead of overlaying
+		graphics.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
+
+		// draw actual text
+		graphics.setColor(color);
+		graphics.fill(shape);
+
+		// reset composite to original
+		graphics.setComposite(originalComposite);
+	}
+
 }