diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySpinner.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySpinner.cs
index 28acb4a996..5a95eac0f1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySpinner.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacySpinner.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
                         Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                         Scale = new Vector2(SPRITE_SCALE),
                         Y = SPINNER_TOP_OFFSET + 299,
-                    }.With(s => s.Font = s.Font.With(fixedWidth: false)),
+                    },
                     spmBackground = new Sprite
                     {
                         Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning.Legacy
                         Origin = Anchor.TopRight,
                         Scale = new Vector2(SPRITE_SCALE * 0.9f),
                         Position = new Vector2(80, 448 + spm_hide_offset),
-                    }.With(s => s.Font = s.Font.With(fixedWidth: false)),
+                    },
                 }
             });
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyAccuracyCounter.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyAccuracyCounter.cs
index 326257c25f..ed12292eb3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyAccuracyCounter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyAccuracyCounter.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.TopRight,
             Origin = Anchor.TopRight,
+            FixedWidth = true,
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyScoreCounter.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyScoreCounter.cs
index d238369be1..a86f122836 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyScoreCounter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyScoreCounter.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.TopRight,
             Origin = Anchor.TopRight,
+            FixedWidth = true,
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySpriteText.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySpriteText.cs
index a803ef8747..041a32e8de 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySpriteText.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySpriteText.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
     public sealed partial class LegacySpriteText : OsuSpriteText
     {
         public Vector2? MaxSizePerGlyph { get; init; }
+        public bool FixedWidth { get; init; }
 
         private readonly LegacyFont font;
 
@@ -22,6 +24,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         protected override char[] FixedWidthExcludeCharacters => new[] { ',', '.', '%', 'x' };
 
+        // ReSharper disable once UnusedMember.Global
+        // being unused is the point here
+        public new FontUsage Font
+        {
+            get => base.Font;
+            set => throw new InvalidOperationException(@"Attempting to use this setter will not work correctly. "
+                                                       + $@"Use specific init-only properties exposed by {nameof(LegacySpriteText)} instead.");
+        }
+
         public LegacySpriteText(LegacyFont font)
         {
             this.font = font;
@@ -33,7 +44,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(ISkinSource skin)
         {
-            Font = new FontUsage(skin.GetFontPrefix(font), 1, fixedWidth: true);
+            base.Font = new FontUsage(skin.GetFontPrefix(font), 1, fixedWidth: FixedWidth);
             Spacing = new Vector2(-skin.GetFontOverlap(font), 0);
 
             glyphStore = new LegacyGlyphStore(skin, MaxSizePerGlyph);