How to get system default font?

[wcandillon]

Discussed in #1201

^{Originally posted by KrisLau December 13, 2022}
I'm trying to use the Text component but I don't need a custom font so I'd preferably like to use the system default font. Is there a way to do so right now?

I know there is a future plan for adding a default text to the Text component (#930), just wondering if there's a workaround for now?

[jayeve]

Checking in if there's an update here. I want to avoid the download penalty of adding more fonts to the app build size, especially when dealing with multiple languages. Using system font[s] as a backup will be a great improvement

[wcandillon]

We are working on it, see #1503

[wcandillon]

This has been shipped: https://shopify.github.io/react-native-skia/docs/text/fonts#system-fonts