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

YasT's answer in Swift:

Swift 4

let bigString = "BIG"
let smallString = "Small String"
let fullString = "\(bigString) \(smallString)"
let string = NSMutableAttributedString(string: fullString)

let bigStringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: bigString.utf16.count)
let smallStringRange = NSRange(location: bigStringRange.length + 1, length: smallString.utf16.count)

let bigStringFontSize: CGFloat = 28
let smallStringFontSize: CGFloat = 18

string.beginEditing()

string.addAttribute(.font, value: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: bigStringFontSize), range: bigStringRange)
string.addAttribute(.font, value: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: smallStringFontSize), range: smallStringRange)
string.addAttribute(.baselineOffset, value: (bigStringFontSize - smallStringFontSize) / 2, range: smallStringRange)

string.endEditing()

Swift 3

let bigString = "BIG"
let smallString = "Small String"
let fullString = "\(bigString) \(smallString)"
let string = NSMutableAttributedString(string: fullString)

let bigStringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: bigString.utf16.count)
let smallStringRange = NSRange(location: bigStringRange.length + 1, length: smallString.utf16.count)

let bigStringFontSize: CGFloat = 28
let smallStringFontSize: CGFloat = 18

string.beginEditing()

string.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: bigStringFontSize), range: bigStringRange)
string.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: smallStringFontSize), range: smallStringRange)
string.addAttribute(NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName, value: (bigStringFontSize - smallStringFontSize) / 2, range: smallStringRange)

string.endEditing()