# monospaced() Returns a fixed-width font from the same family as the base font. ``` func monospaced() -> Font ``` ## Return Value A fixed-width font from the same family as the base font, if one is available, and a default fixed-width font otherwise. ## Discussion If there’s no suitable font face in the same family, SwiftUI returns a default fixed-width font. The following example adds the `monospaced()` modifier to the default system font, then applies this font to a [`Text`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text) view: ``` struct ContentView: View { let myFont = Font .system(size: 24) .monospaced() var body: some View { Text("Hello, world!") .font(myFont) .padding() .navigationTitle("Monospaced") } } ```  SwiftUI may provide different fixed-width replacements for standard user interface fonts (such as [`title`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Font/title), or a system font created with [`system(_:design:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Font/system(_:design:))) than for those same fonts when created by name with [`custom(_:size:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Font/custom(_:size:)). The [`font(_:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/View/font(_:)) modifier applies the font to all text within the view. To mix fixed-width text with other styles in the same `Text` view, use the [`init(_:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text/init(_:)-1a4oh) initializer to use an appropropriately-styled for the text view’s content. You can use the initializer to provide a Markdown-formatted string containing the backtick-syntax (`…`) to apply code voice to specific ranges of the attributed string. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)