Center two fonts with different different sizes vertically in an NSAttributedString

Question

I use NSAttributedString to generate a string with two different sizes. By default, its bottom alignment looks like this:

Answer 1

Here is a working example to vertically align smaller text using NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName.

NSString *bigString   = @"BIG";
NSString *smallString = @"Small String";
NSString *fullString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", bigString, smallString];

NSMutableAttributedString *string = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:fullString];

NSRange bigStringRange = NSMakeRange(0, bigString.length);
NSRange smallStringRange = NSMakeRange(bigStringRange.length, smallString.length);

[string beginEditing];


//Set big string font and size
[string addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
               value:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:28.0]
               range:bigStringRange];

//set small string font and size
[string addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
               value:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:18.0]
               range:smallStringRange];

//Set small string baseline offset
[string addAttribute:NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName
               value:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:3.0]  //adjust this number till text appears to be centered
               range:smallStringRange];

[string endEditing];