axis tick text size inconsistent with update_axes

<img width="1680" height="1050" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f6828b85-e815-4b29-a41e-86d3d81c4797" /> above we can see the bottom plot (`update_axes="x"`)x axis tick text size is smaller than the plot above that (no `update_axes`). this text size should be consistent.