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

Here the code for Swift 5 with a handy extension :

extension UILabel {
    func addCharactersSpacing(spacing: CGFloat, txt: String) {
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: txt)
        attributedString.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.kern, value: spacing, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: txt.count))
        self.attributedText = attributedString
    }
}