How to calculate actual font point size in iOS 7 (not the bounding rectangle)?

Question

Edit: The linked \"duplicate\" question only deals with calculating text rectangle. I need to calculate actual font size after label scaled it, NOT the string size.<

Answer 1

Expanding on Ferran's answer

To expand to fill width or height, whichever it hits first

Swift version

func getFontSizeToFitFrameOfLabel(label: UILabel) -> CGFloat
{
    var initialSize : CGSize = label.text!.sizeWithAttributes([NSFontAttributeName : label.font])

    if initialSize.width > label.frame.size.width ||
       initialSize.height > label.frame.size.height
    {
        while initialSize.width > label.frame.size.width ||
              initialSize.height > label.frame.size.height
        {
            label.font = label.font.fontWithSize(label.font.pointSize - 1)
            initialSize = label.text!.sizeWithAttributes([NSFontAttributeName : label.font])
        }
    } else {
        while initialSize.width < label.frame.size.width &&
              initialSize.height < label.frame.size.height
        {
            label.font = label.font.fontWithSize(label.font.pointSize + 1)
            initialSize = label.text!.sizeWithAttributes([NSFontAttributeName : label.font])
        }
        // went 1 point too large so compensate here
        label.font = label.font.fontWithSize(label.font.pointSize - 1)
    }
    return label.font.pointSize;
}

Then do something like this to use it (say your label is named title1Label)

 title1Label.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: view.frame.size.width, height: view.frame.size.height)
 // sets font to some nonzero size to begin with, it will change up or down to fit the label's frame
 title1Label.font = UIFont(name: "Super Mario 256", size: 45.0)
 title1Label.font = title1Label.font.fontWithSize(getFontSizeToFitFrameOfLabel(title1Label))
 // resize height to be a little larger than the font height
 title1Label.frame.size.height = title1Label.font.pointSize*1.3

Objective C version:

- (CGFloat) maxFontSize:(UILabel *)label{
   CGSize initialSize = [label.text sizeWithAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:label.font}];

   if (initialSize.width > label.frame.size.width ||
       initialSize.height > label.frame.size.height)
   {
       while (initialSize.width > label.frame.size.width ||
              initialSize.height > label.frame.size.height)
       {
           [label setFont:[label.font fontWithSize:label.font.pointSize - 1]];
           initialSize = [label.text sizeWithAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:label.font}];
       }
   } else {
       while (initialSize.width < label.frame.size.width &&
              initialSize.height < label.frame.size.height)
       {
           [label setFont:[label.font fontWithSize:label.font.pointSize + 1]];
           initialSize = [label.text sizeWithAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:label.font}];
       }
       // went 1 point too large so compensate here
       [label setFont:[label.font fontWithSize:label.font.pointSize - 1]];
   }
   return label.font.pointSize;
}