How to get Papyrus as my preferred font on iPhone?

If you mean so it appears everywhere (such as the app names under their icons), you can't.

You could try the feedback page lobsterghost1 provide a link to.

But the main problem will always be the same. Especially on a Mac or in Windows where you have access to thousands upon thousands of fonts. You could spend hours selecting the perfect font you want to use from your third party options. But unless the recipient just happens to have that same font installed and active, your text will display a simple fall-back font on their end.

Even from an iPhone or iPad where they all have pretty much the same fonts across Apple's system, it's still a pretty good bet only Apple users will see the email as you sent it. There's no guarantee of any kind Windows or Linux users will have the fonts you chose installed.

Short version: Email apps are not intended to be word processor or page layout apps. They're just for getting thoughts from one person to another. Don't overthink what font to use.

While typing, at any point, tap the arrow at the right.

The formatting options button will appear.

From there, choose your font, and anything else. Weight, font color, numbered or bulleted list, justify right/center/left. The small and large A next to the color wheel is to decrease/increase the font size.

Sample below with two different fonts chosen.

Be aware fonts do not get sent with emails or texts (and never have). It's only rich text or HTML tags. If the recipient does not have the fonts you used installed, they will not see the email or text as you do.

I didn't look into how to do this with a text message.

Kurt Lang wrote:

You could try the feedback page lobsterghost1 provide a link to.

But the main problem will always be the same. Especially on a Mac or in Windows where you have access to thousands upon thousands of fonts. You could spend hours selecting the perfect font you want to use from your third party options. But unless the recipient just happens to have that same font installed and active, your text will display a simple fall-back font on their end.

Even from an iPhone or iPad where they all have pretty much the same fonts across Apple's system, it's still a pretty good bet only Apple users will see the email as you sent it. There's no guarantee of any kind Windows or Linux users will have the fonts you chose installed.

Short version: Email apps are not intended to be word processor or page layout apps. They're just for getting thoughts from one person to another. Don't overthink what font to use.

Thank you for writing this. It is absolutely correct.

inka21 wrote:

Evidently so, but I’d like to use it for email, texts. How to make that work?

It's not possible with the Messages app.

inka21 wrote:

Thank you, Kurt, for your insight. Maybe it could be suggested to Apple to expand the choice of workable fonts for those who enjoy them?

This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't read for user suggestions. Feel free to let Apple know this is something you'd like to see here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple