Mobile App Fonts

Mobile app fonts are a great way to make any app look more professional. Though using custom fonts can be a licensing nightmare, so what are your native options for fonts?

Are there any native fonts that work on both iOS and Android?

Short answer, no. Their are system default fonts but the spacing and sizes won’t line up perfectly.

What are the native fonts on Android and Apple iOS?

Android – 4.0.3

1. ARDJ-KK
2. AndroidClock, AndroidClock_Highlight, AndroidClock_Solid
3. Clockopia
4. DroidNaskh-Regular
5. DroidSans, DroidSans-Bold
6. DroidSansArmenian
7. DroidSansEthiopic-Regular
8. DroidSansFallback
9. DroidSansGeorgian
10. DroidSansHebrew-Regular, DroidSansHebrew-Bold
11. DroidSansMono
12. DroidSansThai
13. DroidSerif-Regular, DroidSerif-Bold, DroidSerif-BoldItalics, DroidSerif-Italics
14. HelveticaNeueLTPro35Th
15. HelveticaNeueOTS
16. Lohit-Bengali, Lohit-Devanagari, Lohit-Tamil
17. Roboto-Regular, Roboto-Bold, Roboto-BoldItalic
18. gcsh00d-hkscs
19. ucsh00d_c

iOS 6.1.3

1. AcademyEngravedLetPlain
2. AmericanTypewriter, AmericanTypewriter-Bold, AmericanTypewriter-Condensed, AmericanTypewriter-CondensedBold, AmericanTypewriter-CondensedLight, AmericanTypewriter-Light
3. AppleColorEmoji
4. AppleSDGothicNeo-Bold, AppleSDGothicNeo-Medium
5. Arial-BoldItalicMT, Arial-BoldMT, ArialHebrew, ArialHebrew-Bold, Arial-ItalicMT, ArialMT
6. ArialRoundedMTBold
7. Avenir-Roman, Avenir-Black, Avenir-BlackOblique, Avenir-Book, Avenir-BookOblique, Avenir-Heavy, Avenir-HeavyOblique, Avenir-Light, Avenir-LightOblique, Avenir-Medium, Avenir-MediumOblique, Avenir-Oblique
8. AvenirNext-Regular, AvenirNext-Bold, AvenirNext-BoldItalic, AvenirNext-DemiBold, AvenirNext-DemiBoldItalic, AvenirNext-Heavy, AvenirNext-HeavyItalic, AvenirNext-Italic, AvenirNext-Medium, AvenirNext-MediumItalic, AvenirNext-UltraLight, AvenirNext-UltraLightItalic
9. AvenirNextCondensed-Regular, AvenirNextCondensed-Bold, AvenirNextCondensed-BoldItalic, AvenirNextCondensed-DemiBold, AvenirNextCondensed-DemiBoldItalic, AvenirNextCondensed-Heavy, AvenirNextCondensed-HeavyItalic, AvenirNextCondensed-Italic, AvenirNextCondensed-Medium, AvenirNextCondensed-MediumItalic, AvenirNextCondensed-UltraLight, AvenirNextCondensed-UltraLightItalic
10. BanglaSangamMN, BanglaSangamMN-Bold
11. Baskerville, Baskerville-Bold, Baskerville-BoldItalic, Baskerville-Italic, Baskerville-SemiBold, Baskerville-SemiBoldItalic
12. BodoniOrnamentsITCTT
13. BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Bold, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-BookIta
14. BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Bold, BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Book, BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-BookIt, BodoniSvtyTwoSCITCTT-Book
15. BradleyHandITCTT-Bold
16. ChalkboardSE-Regular, ChalkboardSE-Light, ChalkboardSE-Bold
17. Chalkduster
18. Cochin, Cochin-Bold, Cochin-BoldItalic, Cochin-Italic
19. Copperplate, Copperplate-Bold, Copperplate-Light
20. Courier, Courier-Bold, Courier-BoldOblique, Courier-Oblique
21. CourierNewPSMT, CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT, CourierNewPS-BoldMT, CourierNewPS-ItalicMT
22. DevanagariSangamMN, DevanagariSangamMN-Bold
23. Didot, Didot-Bold, Didot-Italic
24. EuphemiaUCAS, EuphemiaUCAS-Bold, EuphemiaUCAS-Italic
25. Futura-CondensedExtraBold, Futura-CondensedMedium, Futura-Medium, Futura-MediumItalic
26. GeezaPro, GeezaPro-Bold
27. Georgia, Georgia-Bold, Georgia-BoldItalic, Georgia-Italic
28. GillSans, GillSans-Bold, GillSans-BoldItalic, GillSans-Italic, GillSans-Light, GillSans-LightItalic
29. GujaratiSangamMN, GujaratiSangamMN-Bold
30. GurmukhiMN, GurmukhiMN-Bold
31. Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Light, Helvetica-LightOblique, 
32. HelveticaNeue, HelveticaNeue-Bold, HelveticaNeue-BoldItalic, HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack, HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold, HelveticaNeue-Italic, HelveticaNeue-Light, HelveticaNeue-LightItalic, HelveticaNeue-Medium, HelveticaNeue-UltraLight, HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItalic
33. Helvetica-Oblique
34. HiraKakuProN-W3, HiraKakuProN-W6
35. HiraMinProN-W3, HiraMinProN-W6
36.  HoeflerText-Regular, HoeflerText-Black, HoeflerText-BlackItalic, HoeflerText-Italic
37. Kailasa, Kailasa-Bold
38. KannadaSangamMN, KannadaSangamMN-Bold
39. MalayalamSangamMN, MalayalamSangamMN-Bold
40. Marion-Regular, Marion-Bold, Marion-Italic
41. MarkerFelt-Thin, MarkerFelt-Wide
42. Noteworthy-Bold, Noteworthy-Light
43. Optima-Regular, Optima-Bold, Optima-BoldItalic, Optima-ExtraBlack, Optima-Italic
44. OriyaSangamMN, OriyaSangamMN-Bold
45. Palatino-Roman, Palatino-Bold, Palatino-BoldItalic, Palatino-Italic
46. Papyrus, Papyrus-Condensed
47. PartyLetPlain
48. SinhalaSangamMN, SinhalaSangamMN-Bold
49. SnellRoundhand, SnellRoundhand-Black, SnellRoundhand-Bold
50. STHeitiSC-Light, STHeitiSC-Medium
51. STHeitiTC-Light, STHeitiTC-Medium
52. Symbol
53. TamilSangamMN, TamilSangamMN-Bold
54. TeluguSangamMN, TeluguSangamMN-Bold
55. TimesNewRomanPSMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT, TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT
56. Trebuchet-BoldItalic
57. TrebuchetMS, TrebuchetMS-Bold, TrebuchetMS-Italic
58. Verdana, Verdana-Bold, Verdana-BoldItalic, Verdana-Italic
59. ZapfDingbatsITC
60. Zapfino