diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownStyle.java b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownStyle.java
index 5b746240d..7db53863a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownStyle.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownStyle.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ public class MarkdownStyle {
   private final float mQuoteBorderWidth;
   private final float mQuoteMarginLeft;
   private final float mQuotePaddingLeft;
+  private final String mCodeFontFamily;
   private final int mCodeColor;
   private final int mCodeBackgroundColor;
+  private final String mPreFontFamily;
   private final int mPreColor;
   private final int mPreBackgroundColor;
   private final int mMentionHereBackgroundColor;
@@ -34,8 +36,10 @@ public MarkdownStyle(@NonNull ReadableMap map, @NonNull Context context) {
     mQuoteBorderWidth = parseFloat(map, "quote", "borderWidth");
     mQuoteMarginLeft = parseFloat(map, "quote", "marginLeft");
     mQuotePaddingLeft = parseFloat(map, "quote", "paddingLeft");
+    mCodeFontFamily = parseString(map, "code", "fontFamily");
     mCodeColor = parseColor(map, "code", "color", context);
     mCodeBackgroundColor = parseColor(map, "code", "backgroundColor", context);
+    mPreFontFamily = parseString(map, "pre", "fontFamily");
     mPreColor = parseColor(map, "pre", "color", context);
     mPreBackgroundColor = parseColor(map, "pre", "backgroundColor", context);
     mMentionHereBackgroundColor = parseColor(map, "mentionHere", "backgroundColor", context);
@@ -63,6 +67,12 @@ private static float parseFloat(@NonNull ReadableMap map, @NonNull String key, @
     return (float) value;
   }
 
+  private static String parseString(@NonNull ReadableMap map, @NonNull String key, @NonNull String prop) {
+    ReadableMap style = map.getMap(key);
+    Objects.requireNonNull(style);
+    return style.getString(prop);
+  }
+
   public int getSyntaxColor() {
     return mSyntaxColor;
   }
@@ -91,6 +101,10 @@ public float getQuotePaddingLeft() {
     return mQuotePaddingLeft;
   }
 
+  public String getCodeFontFamily() {
+    return mCodeFontFamily;
+  }
+
   public int getCodeColor() {
     return mCodeColor;
   }
@@ -99,6 +113,10 @@ public int getCodeBackgroundColor() {
     return mCodeBackgroundColor;
   }
 
+  public String getPreFontFamily() {
+    return mPreFontFamily;
+  }
+
   public int getPreColor() {
     return mPreColor;
   }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownUtils.java b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownUtils.java
index eff0a9aaa..5bf0cbd26 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownUtils.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownUtils.java
@@ -108,10 +108,18 @@ private Object makeLinkColorSpan() {
     return new ForegroundColorSpan(mMarkdownStyle.getLinkColor());
   }
 
+  private Object makeCodeFontFamilySpan() {
+    return new TypefaceSpan(mMarkdownStyle.getCodeFontFamily());
+  }
+
   private Object makeCodeColorSpan() {
     return new ForegroundColorSpan(mMarkdownStyle.getCodeColor());
   }
 
+  private Object makePreFontFamilySpan() {
+    return new TypefaceSpan(mMarkdownStyle.getPreFontFamily());
+  }
+
   private Object makePreColorSpan() {
     return new ForegroundColorSpan(mMarkdownStyle.getPreColor());
   }
@@ -209,12 +217,12 @@ private void applyRange(SpannableStringBuilder ssb, String type, int start, int
         setSpan(ssb, makeLinkColorSpan(), start, end);
         break;
       case "code":
-        setSpan(ssb, makeMonospaceSpan(), start, end);
+        setSpan(ssb, makeCodeFontFamilySpan(), start, end);
         setSpan(ssb, makeCodeColorSpan(), start, end);
         setSpan(ssb, makeCodeBackgroundSpan(), start, end);
         break;
       case "pre":
-        setSpan(ssb, makeMonospaceSpan(), start, end);
+        setSpan(ssb, makePreFontFamilySpan(), start, end);
         setSpan(ssb, makePreColorSpan(), start, end);
         setSpan(ssb, makePreBackgroundSpan(), start, end);
         break;
diff --git a/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.h b/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.h
index 83df35f00..dfd276864 100644
--- a/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.h
+++ b/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.h
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 @property (nonatomic) CGFloat quoteBorderWidth;
 @property (nonatomic) CGFloat quoteMarginLeft;
 @property (nonatomic) CGFloat quotePaddingLeft;
+@property (nonatomic, nonnull) NSString *codeFontFamily;
 @property (nonatomic, nonnull) UIColor *codeColor;
 @property (nonatomic, nonnull) UIColor *codeBackgroundColor;
+@property (nonatomic, nonnull) NSString *preFontFamily;
 @property (nonatomic, nonnull) UIColor *preColor;
 @property (nonatomic, nonnull) UIColor *preBackgroundColor;
 @property (nonatomic, nonnull) UIColor *mentionHereBackgroundColor;
diff --git a/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.mm b/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.mm
index 98aa2fc43..1cbe7f0f6 100644
--- a/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTMarkdownStyle.mm
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ - (instancetype)initWithStruct:(const facebook::react::MarkdownTextInputDecorato
     _quoteMarginLeft = style.quote.marginLeft;
     _quotePaddingLeft = style.quote.paddingLeft;
 
+    _codeFontFamily = RCTNSStringFromString(style.code.fontFamily);
     _codeColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(style.code.color);
     _codeBackgroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(style.code.backgroundColor);
 
+    _preFontFamily = RCTNSStringFromString(style.pre.fontFamily);
     _preColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(style.pre.color);
     _preBackgroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(style.pre.backgroundColor);
 
@@ -54,9 +56,11 @@ - (instancetype)initWithDictionary:(nonnull NSDictionary *)json
     _quoteMarginLeft = [json[@"quote"][@"marginLeft"] floatValue];
     _quotePaddingLeft = [json[@"quote"][@"paddingLeft"] floatValue];
 
+    _codeFontFamily = [RCTConvert NSString:json[@"code"][@"fontFamily"]];
     _codeColor = [RCTConvert UIColor:json[@"code"][@"color"]];
     _codeBackgroundColor = [RCTConvert UIColor:json[@"code"][@"backgroundColor"]];
 
+    _preFontFamily = [RCTConvert NSString:json[@"pre"][@"fontFamily"]];
     _preColor = [RCTConvert UIColor:json[@"pre"][@"color"]];
     _preBackgroundColor = [RCTConvert UIColor:json[@"pre"][@"backgroundColor"]];
 
diff --git a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
index f17eb9990..9bcd08153 100644
--- a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownUtils.h>
 #import <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
 #import <React/RCTAssert.h>
+#import <React/RCTFont.h>
 #import <JavaScriptCore/JavaScriptCore.h>
 
 @implementation RCTMarkdownUtils {
@@ -63,24 +64,25 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(nullable NSAttributedString *)input
     NSUInteger length = [item[2] unsignedIntegerValue];
     NSRange range = NSMakeRange(location, length);
 
-    if ([type isEqualToString:@"bold"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention"] || [type isEqualToString:@"h1"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention-user"] || [type isEqualToString:@"syntax"] || [type isEqualToString:@"italic"] || [type isEqualToString:@"code"] || [type isEqualToString:@"pre"] || [type isEqualToString:@"h1"]) {
+    if ([type isEqualToString:@"bold"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention-user"] || [type isEqualToString:@"syntax"] || [type isEqualToString:@"italic"] || [type isEqualToString:@"code"] || [type isEqualToString:@"pre"] || [type isEqualToString:@"h1"]) {
       UIFont *font = [attributedString attribute:NSFontAttributeName atIndex:location effectiveRange:NULL];
-      UIFontDescriptor *fontDescriptor = [font fontDescriptor];
-      UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits traits = fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits;
-      if ([type isEqualToString:@"bold"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention"] || [type isEqualToString:@"h1"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention-user"] || [type isEqualToString:@"syntax"]) {
-        traits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitBold;
+      if ([type isEqualToString:@"bold"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention"] || [type isEqualToString:@"mention-user"] || [type isEqualToString:@"syntax"]) {
+        font = [RCTFont updateFont:font withWeight:@"bold"];
       } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"italic"]) {
-        traits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
-      } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"code"] || [type isEqualToString:@"pre"]) {
-        traits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitMonoSpace;
+        font = [RCTFont updateFont:font withStyle:@"italic"];
+      } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"code"]) {
+        font = [RCTFont updateFont:font withFamily:_markdownStyle.codeFontFamily];
+      } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"pre"]) {
+        font = [RCTFont updateFont:font withFamily:_markdownStyle.preFontFamily];
+      } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"h1"]) {
+        font = [RCTFont updateFont:font withFamily:nil
+                                              size:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:_markdownStyle.h1FontSize]
+                                            weight:@"bold"
+                                             style:nil
+                                           variant:nil
+                                   scaleMultiplier:0];
       }
-      UIFontDescriptor *newFontDescriptor = [fontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:traits];
-      CGFloat size = 0; // Passing 0 to size keeps the existing size
-      if ([type isEqualToString:@"h1"]) {
-        size = _markdownStyle.h1FontSize;
-      }
-      UIFont *newFont = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:newFontDescriptor size:size];
-      [attributedString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:newFont range:range];
+      [attributedString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:font range:range];
     }
 
     if ([type isEqualToString:@"syntax"]) {
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(nullable NSAttributedString *)input
       [_quoteRanges addObject:[NSValue valueWithRange:range]];
     } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"pre"]) {
       [attributedString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:_markdownStyle.preColor range:range];
+      NSRange rangeForBackground = [inputString characterAtIndex:range.location] == '\n' ? NSMakeRange(range.location + 1, range.length - 1) : range;
+      [attributedString addAttribute:NSBackgroundColorAttributeName value:_markdownStyle.preBackgroundColor range:rangeForBackground];
       // TODO: pass background color and ranges to layout manager
     } else if ([type isEqualToString:@"h1"]) {
       NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [NSMutableParagraphStyle new];
diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextInput.tsx b/src/MarkdownTextInput.tsx
index b5fdbaf8d..f70749baf 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownTextInput.tsx
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextInput.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import {StyleSheet, TextInput, processColor} from 'react-native';
+import { Platform, StyleSheet, TextInput, processColor } from 'react-native';
 import type {TextInputProps} from 'react-native';
 
 import type * as MarkdownTextInputDecoractorView from './MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent';
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent from './MarkdownTextInputDe
 
 type MarkdownStyle = MarkdownTextInputDecoractorView.MarkdownStyle;
 
+const FONT_FAMILY_MONOSPACE = Platform.select({
+  ios: 'Courier',
+  default: 'monospace',
+});
+
 function makeDefaultMarkdownStyle(): MarkdownStyle {
   return {
     syntax: {
@@ -25,10 +30,12 @@ function makeDefaultMarkdownStyle(): MarkdownStyle {
       paddingLeft: 6,
     },
     code: {
+      fontFamily: FONT_FAMILY_MONOSPACE,
       color: 'black',
       backgroundColor: 'lightgray',
     },
     pre: {
+      fontFamily: FONT_FAMILY_MONOSPACE,
       color: 'black',
       backgroundColor: 'lightgray',
     },
diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts b/src/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts
index 209a24e6b..738f69a32 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ interface MarkdownStyle {
     paddingLeft: Float;
   };
   code: {
+    fontFamily: string;
     color: ColorValue;
     backgroundColor: ColorValue;
   };
   pre: {
+    fontFamily: string;
     color: ColorValue;
     backgroundColor: ColorValue;
   };