How to install custom fonts in your react native application
Search for the desired font. You can find some at fonts.google.com
Download the package and install it on your local machine
Create an assets folder in the root of your React native application
Create a fonts folder inside the assets folder and move all the files from the static folder in your downloaded package into the fonts folder in your application
Create a
react-native.config.js
file in the root of your application and add the following codemodule.exports = { project: ios: {}, android: {}, }, assets: [‘./assets/fonts/’] };
Navigate to your project root in your terminal and run
npx react-native-asset
Thats it! The font should be available for use in the project.