There is a right way and a wrong way to add fonts on iOS. The wrong way involves sketchy sites and broken profiles. Here is the right way, using font keyboard.
Check the character set
If you write in more than one language, confirm the font covers the characters you need before installing. The character set information in font keyboard tells you exactly what a typeface supports.
Give each project its own set
Rather than one giant list, keep small sets inside font keyboard — one for your brand, one for personal notes, one for client work. Small curated sets get reused; giant lists get ignored.
Test colour and contrast, not just shape
Use the colour control in font keyboard to try the font in the context you will publish it in — white on dark, dark on a photo, brand colour on white. Contrast changes how a typeface reads far more than most people expect.
Start with the job, not the font
Before browsing anything in font keyboard, write down where this font will actually be used: captions, a menu, a CV heading, a journal, a client deck. The context decides everything — a display face that looks great at 60pt is often unreadable at 12pt.
If two fonts are tied, pick the one that looks better at the smallest size you will use.
Once the workflow is in place, updating your typography takes minutes rather than an afternoon, and font keyboard keeps everything in one place instead of scattered across screenshots.
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