diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/ComboCounter.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/ComboCounter.cs
index d15a8d25ec..5bffa18032 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/ComboCounter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/ComboCounter.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 osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
 
         public bool IsRolling { get; protected set; }
 
-        protected SpriteText PopOutCount;
+        protected Drawable PopOutCount;
 
         protected virtual double PopOutDuration => 150;
         protected virtual float PopOutScale => 2.0f;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
         /// </summary>
         protected Easing RollingEasing => Easing.None;
 
-        protected SpriteText DisplayedCountSpriteText;
+        protected Drawable DisplayedCountSpriteText;
 
         private int previousValue;
 
@@ -47,30 +48,34 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
         protected ComboCounter()
         {
             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+        }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
-                DisplayedCountSpriteText = new OsuSpriteText
+                DisplayedCountSpriteText = CreateSpriteText().With(s =>
                 {
-                    Alpha = 0,
-                },
-                PopOutCount = new OsuSpriteText
+                    s.Alpha = 0;
+                }),
+                PopOutCount = CreateSpriteText().With(s =>
                 {
-                    Alpha = 0,
-                    Margin = new MarginPadding(0.05f),
-                }
+                    s.Alpha = 0;
+                    s.Margin = new MarginPadding(0.05f);
+                })
             };
 
-            TextSize = 80;
-
             Current.ValueChanged += combo => updateCount(combo.NewValue == 0);
         }
 
+        protected virtual Drawable CreateSpriteText() => new OsuSpriteText();
+
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            DisplayedCountSpriteText.Text = FormatCount(Current.Value);
+            ((IHasText)DisplayedCountSpriteText).Text = FormatCount(Current.Value);
             DisplayedCountSpriteText.Anchor = Anchor;
             DisplayedCountSpriteText.Origin = Origin;
 
@@ -94,20 +99,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
             }
         }
 
-        private float textSize;
-
-        public float TextSize
-        {
-            get => textSize;
-            set
-            {
-                textSize = value;
-
-                DisplayedCountSpriteText.Font = DisplayedCountSpriteText.Font.With(size: TextSize);
-                PopOutCount.Font = PopOutCount.Font.With(size: TextSize);
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Increments the combo by an amount.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/LegacyComboCounter.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/LegacyComboCounter.cs
index 8a94d19609..54a4338885 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/LegacyComboCounter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/LegacyComboCounter.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 // 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 osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osuTK;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
 {
@@ -26,6 +31,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
             Margin = new MarginPadding { Top = 5, Left = 20 };
         }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private ISkinSource skin { get; set; }
+
+        protected override Drawable CreateSpriteText()
+        {
+            return skin?.GetDrawableComponent(new HUDSkinComponent(HUDSkinComponents.ScoreText)) ?? new OsuSpriteText();
+
+            /*
+            new OsuSpriteText
+            {
+                Font = OsuFont.Numeric.With(size: 40),
+                UseFullGlyphHeight = false,
+            });
+    */
+        }
+
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
@@ -41,7 +62,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
 
         protected virtual void TransformPopOut(int newValue)
         {
-            PopOutCount.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
+            ((IHasText)PopOutCount).Text = FormatCount(newValue);
 
             PopOutCount.ScaleTo(PopOutScale);
             PopOutCount.FadeTo(PopOutInitialAlpha);
@@ -60,13 +81,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
 
         protected virtual void TransformNoPopOut(int newValue)
         {
-            DisplayedCountSpriteText.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
+            ((IHasText)DisplayedCountSpriteText).Text = FormatCount(newValue);
             DisplayedCountSpriteText.ScaleTo(1);
         }
 
         protected virtual void TransformPopOutSmall(int newValue)
         {
-            DisplayedCountSpriteText.Text = FormatCount(newValue);
+            ((IHasText)DisplayedCountSpriteText).Text = FormatCount(newValue);
             DisplayedCountSpriteText.ScaleTo(PopOutSmallScale);
             DisplayedCountSpriteText.ScaleTo(1, PopOutDuration, PopOutEasing);
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/HUDSkinComponents.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/HUDSkinComponents.cs
index 6f3e2cbaf5..7577ba066c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/HUDSkinComponents.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/HUDSkinComponents.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
     public enum HUDSkinComponents
     {
-        ComboCounter
+        ComboCounter,
+        ScoreText
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index b8b9349cc0..fddea40b04 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.IO;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD;
+using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
@@ -334,6 +335,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                     {
                         case HUDSkinComponents.ComboCounter:
                             return new LegacyComboCounter();
+
+                        case HUDSkinComponents.ScoreText:
+                            const string font = "score";
+
+                            if (!this.HasFont(font))
+                                return null;
+
+                            return new LegacySpriteText(this, font);
                     }
 
                     return null;