diff --git a/.github/workflows/format_check.yml b/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
index 2ccd2b2c..fa627674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
           if out == ""
               exit(0)
           else
-              @error "Some files have not been formatted !!!"
-              write(stdout, out)
+              @error "These files have not been formatted:\n$out"
               exit(1)
           end'
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index e7224121..cd7b9690 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1059,13 +1059,13 @@ end
 
 """
 `default(key)` returns the current default value for that key.
-    
+
 `default(key, value)` sets the current default value for that key.
-    
+
 `default(; kw...)` will set the current default value for each key/value pair.
-    
+
 `default(plotattributes, key)` returns the key from plotattributes if it exists, otherwise `default(key)`.
-    
+
 """
 function default(k::Symbol)
     k = get(_keyAliases, k, k)
@@ -1961,6 +1961,7 @@ function _update_subplot_legend(sp::Subplot, plotattributes_in)
         k in (:family, :pointsize, :valign, :halign, :rotation, :color) if
         haskey(plotattributes_in, Symbol(:legend_font_, k))
     )
+    #! format: off
     match_attr = NamedTuple(
         (
             lk = Symbol(:legend_font_, k);
@@ -1968,9 +1969,12 @@ function _update_subplot_legend(sp::Subplot, plotattributes_in)
                 haskey(_match_map, lk) ? sp[lk] :
                 haskey(plotattributes_in, :legend_font) ?
                 getproperty(plotattributes_in[:legend_font], k) :
+                haskey(sp.attr, :legend_font) ?
+                getproperty(sp.attr[:legend_font], k) :
                 default(plotattributes_in, lk)
         ) for k in (:family, :pointsize, :valign, :halign, :rotation, :color)
     )
+    #! format: on
     sp.attr[:legend_font] = font(; merge(match_attr, f_attr)...)
 end
 
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 8d37aa7a..c09de737 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const _canvas_map = (
 # since we need to know about all the series at the very beginning
 function unicodeplots_rebuild(plt::Plot{UnicodePlotsBackend})
     plt.o = UnicodePlots.Plot[]
-    
+
     up_width = UnicodePlots.DEFAULT_WIDTH[]
     up_height = UnicodePlots.DEFAULT_HEIGHT[]
 
diff --git a/test/test_defaults.jl b/test/test_defaults.jl
index 6ad49077..e9abd345 100644
--- a/test/test_defaults.jl
+++ b/test/test_defaults.jl
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ end # testset
     @test p[1][:legend_background_color] == RGBA{Float64}(0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
     @test p[1][:legend_foreground_color] == RGBA{Float64}(0.0, 0.5019607843137255, 0.0, 1.0)
 
+    #remember settings
+    plot(legend_font_pointsize = 20)
+    sp = plot!(label = "R")[1]
+    @test Plots.legendfont(sp).pointsize == 20
+
     #setting whole font
     sp = plot(
         1:5,