diff --git a/src/library/text.rs b/src/library/text.rs
index 0deda6e49..2816ea816 100644
--- a/src/library/text.rs
+++ b/src/library/text.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ pub fn font(ctx: &mut EvalContext, args: &mut Args) -> TypResult<Value> {
     let style = args.named("style")?;
     let weight = args.named("weight")?;
     let stretch = args.named("stretch")?;
+    let fill = args.named("fill")?.or_else(|| args.eat());
     let top_edge = args.named("top-edge")?;
     let bottom_edge = args.named("bottom-edge")?;
-    let fill = args.named("fill")?;
     let serif = args.named("serif")?;
     let sans_serif = args.named("sans-serif")?;
     let monospace = args.named("monospace")?;
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/font.typ b/tests/typ/text/font.typ
index 9b60d51c3..3c8fcaf14 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/font.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/font.typ
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Emoji: 🐪, 🌋, 🏞
 // Colors.
 [
   #font(fill: eastern)
-  This is #font(fill: rgb("FA644B"))[way more] colorful.
+  This is #font(rgb("FA644B"))[way more] colorful.
 ]
 
 // Disable font fallback beyond the user-specified list.