diff --git a/src/openrct2/drawing/Text.cpp b/src/openrct2/drawing/Text.cpp
index 1a4756edc1..46755f8404 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/drawing/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/drawing/Text.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ extern "C"
         utf8 buffer[256];
         format_string(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, args);
 
+        gCurrentFontSpriteBase = FONT_SPRITE_BASE_MEDIUM;
+
         _legacyPaint.UnderlineText = false;
         _legacyPaint.Colour = colour;
         _legacyPaint.Alignment = TextAlignment::LEFT;
@@ -223,10 +225,7 @@ extern "C"
         utf8 buffer[256];
         format_string(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, args);
 
-        if (gCurrentFontSpriteBase >= 0)
-        {
-            gCurrentFontSpriteBase = FONT_SPRITE_BASE_MEDIUM;
-        }
+        gCurrentFontSpriteBase = FONT_SPRITE_BASE_MEDIUM;
 
         _legacyPaint.UnderlineText = false;
         _legacyPaint.Colour = colour;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/interface/widget.c b/src/openrct2/interface/widget.c
index 027ee18476..82d9b9593f 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/interface/widget.c
+++ b/src/openrct2/interface/widget.c
@@ -537,7 +537,10 @@ static void widget_groupbox_draw(rct_drawpixelinfo *dpi, rct_window *w, rct_widg
         uint8 colour = w->colours[widget->colour] & 0x7F;
         if (widget_is_disabled(w, widgetIndex))
             colour |= 0x40;
-        gfx_draw_string_left(dpi, widget->text, gCommonFormatArgs, colour, l, t);
+
+        format_string(gCommonStringFormatBuffer, sizeof(gCommonStringFormatBuffer), widget->text, gCommonFormatArgs);
+        set_format_arg(0, uintptr_t, gCommonStringFormatBuffer);
+        gfx_draw_string_left(dpi, STR_STRING, gCommonFormatArgs, colour, l, t);
         textRight = l + gfx_get_string_width(gCommonStringFormatBuffer) + 1;
     }