[CoD2] create functions in .menu-files!

[kung foo man]

Does somebody spot the error? I'm trying around for some time, but I just can't find it:

		        #define ITEM(_rect, _dvar) \
        itemDef \
        { \
            name            "window" \
            group            ingamebox \
            visible            1 \
            rect             _rect \
            origin            ORIGIN_QUICKMESSAGEWINDOW \
            forecolor        1 1 1 1 \
            textfont        UI_FONT_NORMAL \
            textscale        .24 \
            textaligny        8 \
            dvar            _dvar \
            decoration \
        }
        
        ITEM(16  20 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_1")
        ITEM(16  36 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_2")
        ITEM(16  52 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_3")
        ITEM(16  68 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_4")
        ITEM(16  84 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_5")
        ITEM(16 100 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_6")
        ITEM(16 116 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_7")
        ITEM(16 132 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_8")
        ITEM(16 148 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_9")
        ITEM(16 164 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN, "menu_0") 
	

(when I unpack the macro everything looks fine)

It's supposed to generate a quickmenu, but the font becomes messed up: