diff --git a/core/font.lua b/core/font.lua
index c56f60e92..7daa6a931 100644
--- a/core/font.lua
+++ b/core/font.lua
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SILE.registerCommand("font", function (options, content)
    -- We must *actually* load the font here, because by the time we're inside
    -- SILE.shaper.shapeToken, it's too late to respond appropriately to things
    -- that the post-load hook might want to do.
-   SILE.font.cache(SILE.font.loadDefaults({}), SILE.shaper.getFace)
+   SILE.font.cache(SILE.font.loadDefaults(options), SILE.shaper.getFace)
 
    if SU.ast.hasContent(content) then
       SILE.process(content)
diff --git a/types/unit.lua b/types/unit.lua
index 93d66c988..141e424bf 100644
--- a/types/unit.lua
+++ b/types/unit.lua
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ unittypes["zw"] = {
       local zenkakuchar = SILE.settings:get("document.zenkakuchar")
       local measurable, zenkaku, found = pcall(SILE.shaper.measureChar, SILE.shaper, zenkakuchar)
       if not found or not measurable then
+         SU.dump{found, measurable, zenkaku, zenkakuchar}
          SU.warn(([[
             Zenkaku width (全角幅) unit zw is falling back to 1em == 1zw as we cannot measure %s