React Native. How to place two Text with different fontSize in row with vertical align center

Question

I need to align two Text component with different fontSize in a row and vertically centered. I have following now https://snack.expo.io/@troublediehard/dmVuZ2

export default class App extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <View style={styles.row}>
          <Text style={styles.text1}>Font size 20</Text>
          <Text style={styles.text2}>Font size 14</Text>
        </View>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingTop: Constants.statusBarHeight,
    backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
    padding: 8,
  },
  row: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    backgroundColor: 'red',
  },
  text1: {
    fontSize: 20,
    backgroundColor: 'blue',
  },
  text2: {
    fontSize: 14,
    backgroundColor: 'green',
  },
});

Moonshine

hey, ever found a solution to this? – Ripe

@Ripe check answer and comments below, there whole story. Looks like it was issue with custom font and stick with padding workaround. – Moonshine

hmm i wonder though if this solution would work uniformly to all devices. I too am using a custom ( albeit not rare ) font and it seems like the size of the Text is higher than the text itself which means that text doesnt align properly. – Ripe

Answer 1

You need to add alignItems: 'center' to styles.row

row: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',
    backgroundColor: 'red',
},

Crepuscule

thanks, it works for my sample, but actually doesn't work in my project with custom fonts. – Moonshine

It should vertically align the content, unless there is some other padding or margin involved. – Crepuscule

works if I removing fontFamily from style, but not working with custom font. – Moonshine

Not sure if it is the line-height issue with the font, try adjusting using lineHeight – Crepuscule

I've tried, but not helped as well. I gave up on this, looks like some issue here, I simply added padding to center second font. – Moonshine

Answer 2

For anyone that didn't found a solution yet, you have to wrap the text within another Text tag:

<View style={styles.container}>
  <View style={styles.row}>
    <Text>
      <Text style={styles.text1}>Font size 20</Text>
      <Text style={styles.text2}>Font size 14</Text>
    </Text>
  </View>
</View>

Emmert

and set the Text wrapper to the smallest font size – Perspicacity

I used it, works fine 😎 – Mcandrew