Custom Fonts in React Native Expo | Tutorial
Beto, August 25, 2023 · 3,985 views
Custom fonts are the fastest way to make your app stop looking like a template. The tricky part isn't loading them, it's the flash of unstyled text (or a blank screen) when you do it wrong. I show the full setup in the video: Google Fonts to to a splash screen that hides the loading entirely.
What's inside
- Download fonts from Google Fonts and add them to
- Load them asynchronously with the hook
- Apply them with on your Text components
- Block rendering until fonts are ready so nothing flashes
- Keep the splash screen up with until the UI is set
- Why loading too many font files slows down your app
Resources
CourseReact Native course
Go deeper in the Style & Design section: 80 minutes on Figma workflow, design systems, and dark mode.
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