diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.h b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.h
index 5ddc34da35f..85291cda9d3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 
 typedef UIFont * (^RCTFontHandler)(CGFloat fontSize, NSString *fontWeightDescription);
+typedef CGFloat RCTFontWeight;
 
 /**
  * React Native will use the System font for rendering by default. If you want to
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ typedef UIFont * (^RCTFontHandler)(CGFloat fontSize, NSString *fontWeightDescrip
  */
 RCT_EXTERN void RCTSetDefaultFontHandler(RCTFontHandler handler);
 RCT_EXTERN BOOL RCTHasFontHandlerSet(void);
+RCT_EXTERN RCTFontWeight RCTGetFontWeight(UIFont *font);
 
 @interface RCTFont : NSObject
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
index a5a84bb2cb3..594ea127998 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 
 #import <CoreText/CoreText.h>
 
-typedef CGFloat RCTFontWeight;
-static RCTFontWeight weightOfFont(UIFont *font)
+RCTFontWeight RCTGetFontWeight(UIFont *font)
 {
   static NSArray<NSString *> *weightSuffixes;
   static NSArray<NSNumber *> *fontWeights;
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ RCT_ARRAY_CONVERTER(RCTFontVariantDescriptor)
   if (font) {
     familyName = font.familyName ?: defaultFontFamily;
     fontSize = font.pointSize ?: defaultFontSize;
-    fontWeight = weightOfFont(font);
+    fontWeight = RCTGetFontWeight(font);
     isItalic = isItalicFont(font);
     isCondensed = isCondensedFont(font);
   }
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ RCT_ARRAY_CONVERTER(RCTFontVariantDescriptor)
       // It's actually a font name, not a font family name,
       // but we'll do what was meant, not what was said.
       familyName = font.familyName;
-      fontWeight = weight ? fontWeight : weightOfFont(font);
+      fontWeight = weight ? fontWeight : RCTGetFontWeight(font);
       isItalic = style ? isItalic : isItalicFont(font);
       isCondensed = isCondensedFont(font);
     } else {
@@ -476,7 +475,7 @@ RCT_ARRAY_CONVERTER(RCTFontVariantDescriptor)
     for (NSString *name in names) {
       UIFont *match = [UIFont fontWithName:name size:fontSize];
       if (isItalic == isItalicFont(match) && isCondensed == isCondensedFont(match)) {
-        CGFloat testWeight = weightOfFont(match);
+        CGFloat testWeight = RCTGetFontWeight(match);
         if (ABS(testWeight - fontWeight) < ABS(closestWeight - fontWeight)) {
           font = match;
           closestWeight = testWeight;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
index 5f744790a94..b0867346b08 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #import "RCTFontUtils.h"
 #import <CoreText/CoreText.h>
+#import <React/RCTFont.h>
 
 #import <algorithm>
 #import <cmath>
@@ -45,12 +46,6 @@ static RCTFontProperties RCTResolveFontProperties(
   return fontProperties;
 }
 
-static UIFontWeight RCTGetFontWeight(UIFont *font)
-{
-  NSDictionary *traits = [font.fontDescriptor objectForKey:UIFontDescriptorTraitsAttribute];
-  return [traits[UIFontWeightTrait] doubleValue];
-}
-
 static RCTFontStyle RCTGetFontStyle(UIFont *font)
 {
   NSDictionary *traits = [font.fontDescriptor objectForKey:UIFontDescriptorTraitsAttribute];
@@ -165,6 +160,7 @@ UIFont *RCTFontWithFontProperties(RCTFontProperties fontProperties)
     font = RCTDefaultFontWithFontProperties(fontProperties);
   } else {
     NSArray<NSString *> *fontNames = [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:fontProperties.family];
+    UIFontWeight fontWeight = fontProperties.weight;
 
     if (fontNames.count == 0) {
       // Gracefully handle being given a font name rather than font family, for
@@ -172,6 +168,7 @@ UIFont *RCTFontWithFontProperties(RCTFontProperties fontProperties)
       font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontProperties.family size:effectiveFontSize];
       if (font) {
         fontNames = [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:font.familyName];
+        fontWeight = fontWeight ?: RCTGetFontWeight(font);
       } else {
         // Failback to system font.
         font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:effectiveFontSize weight:fontProperties.weight];
@@ -189,7 +186,7 @@ UIFont *RCTFontWithFontProperties(RCTFontProperties fontProperties)
         }
 
         CGFloat testWeight = RCTGetFontWeight(fontMatch);
-        if (ABS(testWeight - fontProperties.weight) < ABS(closestWeight - fontProperties.weight)) {
+        if (ABS(testWeight - fontWeight) < ABS(closestWeight - fontWeight)) {
           font = fontMatch;
           closestWeight = testWeight;
         }