diff --git a/packages/react-native-aztec/ios/RNTAztecView/RCTAztecView.swift b/packages/react-native-aztec/ios/RNTAztecView/RCTAztecView.swift
index c5c2baec5988d5..86fa2af37ec59b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-aztec/ios/RNTAztecView/RCTAztecView.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-aztec/ios/RNTAztecView/RCTAztecView.swift
@@ -650,13 +650,9 @@ class RCTAztecView: Aztec.TextView {
     ///
     private func applyFontConstraints(to baseFont: UIFont) -> UIFont {
         let oldDescriptor = baseFont.fontDescriptor
-        let newFontSize: CGFloat
+        let fontMetrics = UIFontMetrics(forTextStyle: .body)
 
-        if let fontSize = fontSize {
-            newFontSize = fontSize
-        } else {
-            newFontSize = baseFont.pointSize
-        }
+        let newFontSize = fontMetrics.scaledValue(for: fontSize ?? baseFont.pointSize)
 
         var newTraits = oldDescriptor.symbolicTraits