How to change an UILabel/UIFont's letter spacing?

Question

I\'ve searched loads already and couldn\'t find an answer.

I have a normal UILabel, defined this way:

    UILabel *totalColors = [[[UILabel alloc] in         


        

Answer 1

I've come up with a solution for the letter spacing and the alignment to the right.

Here it goes:

    NSString *number = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", total];

    int lastPos = 85;

    NSUInteger i;
    for (i = number.length; i > 0; i--)
    {
        NSRange range = {i-1,1};
        NSString *n = [number substringWithRange:range];

        UILabel *digit = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 10, 35, 50)] autorelease];
        digit.text = n;
        digit.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial-BoldMT" size:60];
        digit.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:221/255.0 green:221/255.0 blue:221/255.0 alpha:1.0];
        digit.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        [self addSubview:digit];

        CGSize textSize = [[digit text] sizeWithFont:[digit font]];
        CGFloat textWidth = textSize.width;

        CGRect rect = digit.frame;
        rect.origin.x = lastPos - textWidth;
        digit.frame = rect;

        lastPos = rect.origin.x + 10;
    }

The letter spacing is the "10" on the last line. The alignment comes from the lastPos.

Hope this helps anyone out there.