Change the font of a UIBarButtonItem

Question

I have a UIBarButtonItem in my UIToolbar titled

Answer 1

Swift3

  buttonName.setAttributedTitle([
        NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.systemFontOfSize(18.0),
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.red,NSBackgroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.black],
                                     forState: UIControlState.Normal)

swift

   barbutton.setTitleTextAttributes([
        NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.systemFontOfSize(18.0),
        NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.redColor(),NSBackgroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.blackColor()],
        forState: UIControlState.Normal)

Objective-C

     [ barbutton setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
        [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:20.0], NSFontAttributeName,
        [UIColor redColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName,[UIColor blackColor],NSBackgroundColorAttributeName,
        nil]
        forState:UIControlStateNormal];