Custom Fonts in Xamarin.Forms

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David Ortinau

Posted on December 22, 2020

Custom Fonts in Xamarin.Forms

The right fonts immediately help make any design better and more consistent across platforms. Quickly embed a font resource and enable it for cross-platform use in Xamarin.Forms, and be sure to set a default color for Labels so Android behaves.

The font I chose is similar to the default, so be sure to look at the numbers in the final comparison.

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David Ortinau

Posted on December 22, 2020

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