diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index a851326a..b6576495 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1948,8 +1948,10 @@ function _update_subplot_colors(sp::Subplot)
 end
 
 function _update_subplot_legend(sp::Subplot, plotattributes_in)
-    @show plotattributes_in |> keys
-    # sp.attr[:legend] = Legend(background_color = sp[:legend_background_color], foreground_color = sp[:legend_foreground_color], position = sp[:legend_position], title = sp[:legend_title], font = font(sp[:legend_font]; )) # TODO: make legend_font and legend_font_* attributes coherent
+    f_attr = NamedTuple( k => plotattributes_in[Symbol(:legend_font_, k)] for k in (:family, :pointsize, :valign, :halign, :rotation, :color) if haskey(plotattributes_in, Symbol(:legend_font_, k)))
+    sp.attr[:legend_font] = font(default(plotattributes_in, :legend_font);
+        f_attr...
+    )
 end
 
 function _update_axis(
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 6bf84925..37938b33 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ function _subplot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
         else
             get(sp_attrs, sp, KW())
         end
-        _update_subplot_args(plt, sp, attr, idx, false)
         _update_subplot_legend(sp, attr)
+        _update_subplot_args(plt, sp, attr, idx, false)
     end
 
     # do we need to link any axes together?