How to increase the character spacing in UILabel

Question

I am creating an app in >=iOS6. And I want to change the character spacing in UILabel. I have added the custom font \"FUTURABT HEAVY\" in my app but the Character are too cl

Answer 1

Swift extension for this

extension UILabel {
    func addCharactersSpacing(spacing:CGFloat, text:String) {
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSKernAttributeName, value: spacing, range: NSMakeRange(0, text.characters.count))
        self.attributedText = attributedString
    }
}

So you can use it

MyLabel.addCharactersSpacing(5, text: "Some Text")