diff --git a/Tests/images/imagedraw_default_font_size.png b/Tests/images/imagedraw_default_font_size.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/Tests/test_imagedraw.py b/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
index f4e9b36e2..e59ad5d43 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import contextlib
 import os.path
 
 import pytest
 
-from PIL import Image, ImageColor, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+from PIL import Image, ImageColor, ImageDraw, ImageFont, features
 
 from .helper import (
     assert_image_equal,
@@ -1344,6 +1345,32 @@ def test_setting_default_font():
         assert isinstance(draw.getfont(), ImageFont.load_default().__class__)
 
 
+def test_default_font_size():
+    freetype_support = features.check_module("freetype2")
+    text = "Default font at a specific size."
+
+    im = Image.new("RGB", (220, 25))
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
+    with contextlib.nullcontext() if freetype_support else pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        draw.text((0, 0), text, font_size=16)
+        assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/imagedraw_default_font_size.png")
+
+    with contextlib.nullcontext() if freetype_support else pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        assert draw.textlength(text, font_size=16) == 216
+
+    with contextlib.nullcontext() if freetype_support else pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        assert draw.textbbox((0, 0), text, font_size=16) == (0, 3, 216, 19)
+
+    im = Image.new("RGB", (220, 25))
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
+    with contextlib.nullcontext() if freetype_support else pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        draw.multiline_text((0, 0), text, font_size=16)
+        assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/imagedraw_default_font_size.png")
+
+    with contextlib.nullcontext() if freetype_support else pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        assert draw.multiline_textbbox((0, 0), text, font_size=16) == (0, 3, 216, 19)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("bbox", BBOX)
 def test_same_color_outline(bbox):
     # Prepare shape
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py b/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
index 7d1790faa..fbf320d72 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ class ImageDraw:
             self.font = ImageFont.load_default()
         return self.font
 
+    def _getfont(self, font_size):
+        if font_size is not None:
+            from . import ImageFont
+
+            font = ImageFont.load_default(font_size)
+        else:
+            font = self.getfont()
+        return font
+
     def _getink(self, ink, fill=None):
         if ink is None and fill is None:
             if self.fill:
@@ -456,6 +465,13 @@ class ImageDraw:
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Draw text."""
+        if embedded_color and self.mode not in ("RGB", "RGBA"):
+            msg = "Embedded color supported only in RGB and RGBA modes"
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        if font is None:
+            font = self._getfont(kwargs.get("font_size"))
+
         if self._multiline_check(text):
             return self.multiline_text(
                 xy,
@@ -473,13 +489,6 @@ class ImageDraw:
                 embedded_color,
             )
 
-        if embedded_color and self.mode not in ("RGB", "RGBA"):
-            msg = "Embedded color supported only in RGB and RGBA modes"
-            raise ValueError(msg)
-
-        if font is None:
-            font = self.getfont()
-
         def getink(fill):
             ink, fill = self._getink(fill)
             if ink is None:
@@ -570,6 +579,8 @@ class ImageDraw:
         stroke_width=0,
         stroke_fill=None,
         embedded_color=False,
+        *,
+        font_size=None,
     ):
         if direction == "ttb":
             msg = "ttb direction is unsupported for multiline text"
@@ -584,6 +595,9 @@ class ImageDraw:
             msg = "anchor not supported for multiline text"
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
+        if font is None:
+            font = self._getfont(font_size)
+
         widths = []
         max_width = 0
         lines = self._multiline_split(text)
@@ -645,6 +659,8 @@ class ImageDraw:
         features=None,
         language=None,
         embedded_color=False,
+        *,
+        font_size=None,
     ):
         """Get the length of a given string, in pixels with 1/64 precision."""
         if self._multiline_check(text):
@@ -655,7 +671,7 @@ class ImageDraw:
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
         if font is None:
-            font = self.getfont()
+            font = self._getfont(font_size)
         mode = "RGBA" if embedded_color else self.fontmode
         return font.getlength(text, mode, direction, features, language)
 
@@ -672,12 +688,17 @@ class ImageDraw:
         language=None,
         stroke_width=0,
         embedded_color=False,
+        *,
+        font_size=None,
     ):
         """Get the bounding box of a given string, in pixels."""
         if embedded_color and self.mode not in ("RGB", "RGBA"):
             msg = "Embedded color supported only in RGB and RGBA modes"
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
+        if font is None:
+            font = self._getfont(font_size)
+
         if self._multiline_check(text):
             return self.multiline_textbbox(
                 xy,
@@ -693,8 +714,6 @@ class ImageDraw:
                 embedded_color,
             )
 
-        if font is None:
-            font = self.getfont()
         mode = "RGBA" if embedded_color else self.fontmode
         bbox = font.getbbox(
             text, mode, direction, features, language, stroke_width, anchor
@@ -714,6 +733,8 @@ class ImageDraw:
         language=None,
         stroke_width=0,
         embedded_color=False,
+        *,
+        font_size=None,
     ):
         if direction == "ttb":
             msg = "ttb direction is unsupported for multiline text"
@@ -728,6 +749,9 @@ class ImageDraw:
             msg = "anchor not supported for multiline text"
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
+        if font is None:
+            font = self._getfont(font_size)
+
         widths = []
         max_width = 0
         lines = self._multiline_split(text)