How to Change App Fonts on Your iPhone

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Bored stiff with your basic iPhone fonts? Give it a supercharged visual upgrade! Dump that default typeface and fill your screen with personality. Find out how to change fonts on iPhone and realize a gorgeous personalized look. Breath in the air of a refreshing visual experience!

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Can You Change System Fonts on iPhone?

Dreaming about a new font on the iPhone? Reality check: A complete overhaul is impossible sans jailbreak. Anyway, cheer up! You still have room for interactivity. Go large for impact, or go small for subtlety. Why not give it a BOLD treatment while at it? Your eyes will thank you!

A fresh look for the iPhone? Hey, that would have been nice! But system-wide font changes? Nah, not allowed. Still, Apple wants you to go ahead and spice things upinsome apps such as Mail and Pages. Feeling “gutsy” about it? Go straight to the App Store! Third-party developer apps promise font customizations where you wouldn’t even think of-it-who would have thought font changes for WhatsApp or Facebook?

How to Change Fonts in Apple’s Apps

Open one of Apple’s apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone. For instance, the Mail app.

Before your fingers begin dancing upon the keyboard, stop: gaze upwards. See that tiny arrow on the toolbar? Click it. See everything open up before the first word hits the page.

Tapping on arrow on iPhone keyboard.

Tap on theAaoption.

Selecting Aa option in iPhone keyboard.

This will open theFormat screen for your text. Press on theDefault Fontto change the font.

Pressing on "Default Font" option in Mail app on iPhone.

Swipe through the options and select the font you want. By default, there are quite a few to choose from.

Available fonts for Mail app on iPhone.

Want to supersize your words or splash them with color? TheFormatscreen is your canvas. Tweak the font size and hue to your heart’s content, then hit thatXand unleash your textual masterpiece!

Closing Format window in Mail app on iPhone.

When you’re ready, you can send your email.

Mail written in various fonts on iPhone.

Ever wondered why the meticulously tailored email you prepared feels off? Type fidelity! What you see isn’t always what they get, especially on mobile. Here is the kind of rendering Gmail for Android offers.

View of email sent with custom fonts from iPhone.

What’s a bummer is that not all of the pre-loaded Apple apps allow experimenting with fonts. Notes and the spanking new Journal app? No font freedom. But wait! Notes lets you apply text styles like “Title” or “Body,” and both let you throw in the classic bold and italic. For actual font control, Keynote and Numbers really open up the iPhone’s entire font library, giving you all the typographic freedom you desire.

View of font changing options in Notes app on iPhone.

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How to View iPhone’s Font Library

If you’re wondering how to view your iPhone’s font library, open the Settings app and navigate toGeneral ->Fonts.

Navigating to Fonts in iPhone settings.

Tap onSystem Fonts.

Accessing "System fonts" on iPhone.

A world of typography awaits! These are the fonts residing in your device. See the tempting ngon-installed ones? One tap on the download icon, and they transform from phantom fonts to something you can work with. Witness the font downloading! With the font downloaded, it is now ready to lend some character to your digital world.

Installing additional system fonts on iPhone.

Ready to set free your inner typographer? So, get your favorite Apple font-friendly app ready Pages, possibly? We’re pumped to give it an overhaul. Follow as we swap the mundane for the magnificent, revealing bold lines of Bank Gothic. And just like that, we’re making your text stand out.

Typing with new installed font in Notes app.

Add New Fonts to Library

Want to spice up your iPhone’s text game? Ditch the default fonts and unleash a world of typography with apps like Font Diner! The App Store is full of options: Fonts, Install Fonts, and so on, all eager to spritz your screen up.

Install the app and launch it on your phone.

A world full of captivating fonts is yours to explore! There are a lot of paid fonts, whereas some gems are hiding and available for free for your personal use.

In this text, maybe one global change would be to change “while” to “there are” and take “waiting” down as it creates a passive voice. Also, I’ve tried a little alteration in the other expressions to support that elegance.

Browsing Font Diner for font sets on iPhone.

Tap onActivateto view individual fonts for a font set. PressAgreeat the bottom.

Pressing "Activate" button for font set in Font Diner on iPhone.

PressInstallin the pop up that appears.

Pressing on "Install Fonts" option in pop-up in Font Diner on iPhone.

That’s it, you’ll now be able to see the new fonts in compatible apps such as Pages.

New font from Font Diner showing in Pages app on iPhone.

To view all your newly installed fonts, go toSettings ->General ->Fonts ->My Fonts.

Viewing installed fonts on iPhone.

You can remove a font from there if you want by tapping on it and selectingRemove.

Removing installed font on iPhone.

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Sick of those plain fonts on WhatsApp and Messenger? Let that typographer in you out! Shed the boring vibes and put some soul into your chat. The secret? A third-party keyboard such as Fontix, which gives you access to infinite possibilities in text expression.

Fontix remaps your entire iPhone keyboard, but don’t worry! You’re always one tap away from switching back to the familiar.

Once you install the app, navigate toSettings ->Apps ->Fontix->Keyboards.

Tapping on "Keyboards" in Fontix settings on iPhone.

Toggle on bothFontixandAllow Full Access.

Toggling on options in Fontix settings on iPhone.

Now, open a chat app such as WhatsApp and go to a conversation. Bring up the keyboard.

Tap on the globe icon at the bottom to change keyboards. Tap until you find the Fontix keyboard.

Tapping on globe icon on iPhone keyboard.

Go ahead and get the typographer in you unleashed! Fonts are there at your fingertips. Swipe through the ribbon of possibilities above your keyboard, pick one (some require unlocking!), and watch your message take shape.

Viewing fonts in Fontix keyboard on iPhone.

Press send so that the other person can view your message using a custom font.

How to Change App Fonts on Your iPhone

Fontix also works with Apple apps, notably Messages, but also Journal and Notes.

Writing using custom font in Journal app on iPhone.

Don’t like Fontix? Not a problem. You can use it for messaging and then immediately go back to your trusted keyboard. There’s no contract. There’s maximum flexibility.

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