What is the default font family of a Flutter app?

Question

How I can retrieve the current font family name for flutter app and what is the default one ?

I have tried

Theme.of(context).textTheme.

Answer 1

The default font of MaterialApp is described in

/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/typography.dart

on iOS, the default TextTheme is

  static const TextTheme whiteCupertino = TextTheme(
    display4   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino display4',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display3   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino display3',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display2   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino display2',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display1   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino display1',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    headline   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino headline',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    title      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino title',      fontFamily: '.SF UI Display', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    subhead    : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino subhead',    fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    body2      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino body2',      fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    body1      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino body1',      fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    caption    : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino caption',    fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    button     : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino button',     fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    subtitle   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino subtitle',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    overline   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteCupertino overline',   fontFamily: '.SF UI Text',    inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
  );

on Android, the default TextTheme is

 static const TextTheme whiteMountainView = TextTheme(
    display4   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView display4',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display3   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView display3',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display2   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView display2',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    display1   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView display1',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    headline   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView headline',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    title      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView title',      fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    subhead    : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView subhead',    fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    body2      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView body2',      fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    body1      : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView body1',      fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    caption    : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView caption',    fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white70, decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    button     : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView button',     fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    subtitle   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView subtitle',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
    overline   : TextStyle(debugLabel: 'whiteMountainView overline',   fontFamily: 'Roboto', inherit: true, color: Colors.white,   decoration: TextDecoration.none),
  );

and you can retrieve the font family by the following code

DefaultTextStyle.of(context).style.fontFamily

Answer 2

The default fonts depend on the operating system:

• Android uses the Roboto font.

• iOS uses the San Francisco font (specifically, SF Pro Display).

Answer 3

The default font of MaterialApp is roboto, a Google font.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto