diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi.xml b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c38d8f34a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<font-family xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
+  <font app:fontStyle="normal" app:fontWeight="400" app:font="@font/srisakdi_regular"/>
+  <font app:fontStyle="normal" app:fontWeight="700" app:font="@font/srisakdi_bold" />
+</font-family>
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_bold.ttf b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_bold.ttf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..01a5bcb5d30
Binary files /dev/null and b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_bold.ttf differ
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_regular.ttf b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_regular.ttf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4db47aaad38
Binary files /dev/null and b/RNTester/android/app/src/main/res/font/srisakdi_regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js b/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
index a29fc01cb88..3101fabf7a1 100644
--- a/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
+++ b/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ class TextExample extends React.Component<{}> {
               <Text style={{fontFamily: 'notoserif', fontStyle: 'italic'}}>
                 NotoSerif Italic (Missing Font file)
               </Text>
+              <Text style={{fontFamily: 'srisakdi'}}>Srisakdi Regular</Text>
+              <Text
+                style={{
+                  fontFamily: 'srisakdi',
+                  fontWeight: 'bold',
+                }}>
+                Srisakdi Bold
+              </Text>
             </View>
           </View>
         </RNTesterBlock>
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
index 7b5f33cc32b..f24fb72a36d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.text;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
@@ -29,31 +31,30 @@ public class CustomStyleSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements ReactSpan {
    * Fonts are retrieved and cached using the {@link ReactFontManager}
    */
 
-  private final AssetManager mAssetManager;
-
   private final int mStyle;
   private final int mWeight;
   private final @Nullable String mFontFamily;
+  private final Context mContext;
 
   public CustomStyleSpan(
       int fontStyle,
       int fontWeight,
       @Nullable String fontFamily,
-      AssetManager assetManager) {
+      @Nonnull Context context) {
     mStyle = fontStyle;
     mWeight = fontWeight;
     mFontFamily = fontFamily;
-    mAssetManager = assetManager;
+    mContext = context;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
-    apply(ds, mStyle, mWeight, mFontFamily, mAssetManager);
+    apply(ds, mStyle, mWeight, mFontFamily, mContext);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void updateMeasureState(TextPaint paint) {
-    apply(paint, mStyle, mWeight, mFontFamily, mAssetManager);
+  public void updateMeasureState(@Nonnull TextPaint paint) {
+    apply(paint, mStyle, mWeight, mFontFamily, mContext);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public class CustomStyleSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements ReactSpan {
       int style,
       int weight,
       @Nullable String family,
-      AssetManager assetManager) {
+      Context context) {
     int oldStyle;
     Typeface typeface = paint.getTypeface();
     if (typeface == null) {
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class CustomStyleSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements ReactSpan {
     }
 
     if (family != null) {
-      typeface = ReactFontManager.getInstance().getTypeface(family, want, assetManager);
+      typeface = ReactFontManager.getInstance().getTypeface(family, want, context);
     } else if (typeface != null) {
       // TODO(t9055065): Fix custom fonts getting applied to text children with different style
       typeface = Typeface.create(typeface, want);
@@ -116,5 +117,4 @@ public class CustomStyleSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements ReactSpan {
     }
     paint.setSubpixelText(true);
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
index 5a420bbb977..04d4977ea06 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public abstract class ReactBaseTextShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
                     textShadowNode.mFontStyle,
                     textShadowNode.mFontWeight,
                     textShadowNode.mFontFamily,
-                    textShadowNode.getThemedContext().getAssets())));
+                    textShadowNode.getThemedContext())));
       }
       if (textShadowNode.mIsUnderlineTextDecorationSet) {
         ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactUnderlineSpan()));
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactFontManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactFontManager.java
index 41faa061a91..ae680e0d882 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactFontManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactFontManager.java
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 
+import androidx.core.content.res.ResourcesCompat;
+
+
 /**
  * Class responsible to load and cache Typeface objects. It will first try to load typefaces inside
  * the assets/fonts folder and if it doesn't find the right Typeface in that folder will fall back
@@ -37,9 +41,11 @@ public class ReactFontManager {
   private static ReactFontManager sReactFontManagerInstance;
 
   private Map<String, FontFamily> mFontCache;
+  private Map<String, Typeface> mTypeCache;
 
   private ReactFontManager() {
     mFontCache = new HashMap<>();
+    mTypeCache = new HashMap<>();
   }
 
   public static ReactFontManager getInstance() {
@@ -49,8 +55,7 @@ public class ReactFontManager {
     return sReactFontManagerInstance;
   }
 
-  public
-  @Nullable Typeface getTypeface(
+  private @Nullable Typeface getTypeface(
       String fontFamilyName,
       int style,
       AssetManager assetManager) {
@@ -71,6 +76,33 @@ public class ReactFontManager {
     return typeface;
   }
 
+  public @Nullable Typeface getTypeface(
+    String fontFamilyName,
+    int style,
+    Context context) {
+    Typeface font = mTypeCache.get(fontFamilyName);
+
+    if (font != null) {
+      return Typeface.create(
+        font,
+        style
+      );
+    }
+
+    int fontId = context.getResources().getIdentifier(fontFamilyName, "font", context.getPackageName());
+    if (fontId != 0) {
+      font = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, fontId);
+      if (font != null) {
+        mTypeCache.put(fontFamilyName, font);
+        return Typeface.create(
+          font,
+          style
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    return getTypeface(fontFamilyName, style, context.getAssets());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add additional font family, or replace the exist one in the font memory cache.
    * @param style
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
index 13c50424778..3f02d2f32b4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class TextLayoutManager {
                 textAttributes.mFontStyle,
                 textAttributes.mFontWeight,
                 textAttributes.mFontFamily,
-                context.getAssets())));
+                context)));
         }
         if (textAttributes.mIsUnderlineTextDecorationSet) {
           ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactUnderlineSpan()));
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 84b63495473..7f917c0858d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
     Typeface newTypeface = ReactFontManager.getInstance().getTypeface(
         fontFamily,
         style,
-        view.getContext().getAssets());
+        view.getContext());
     view.setTypeface(newTypeface);
   }