Example of NSAttributedString with two different font sizes?

Question

NSAttributedString is just really impenetrable to me.

I want to set a UILabel to have text of different sizes, and I gather NSAttrib

Answer 1

If you want to do it the easy way, there is a git repo called OHAttributedLabel that I use that provides a category on NSAttributedString. It lets you do things like:

NSMutableAttributedString *mystring = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"My String"];
[mystring setTextColor:[UIColor colorWithRGB:78 green:111 blue:32 alpha:1]];
mystring.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];

If you don't want to use a 3rd party lib, check out this link for a decent tutorial on how to get started with attributed strings.

Answer 2

Swift 3 Solution

Also, you can use the append function instead of specifying indices in ObjC or Swift:

let attrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Presenting The Great...",
                                           attributes: [ NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20) ])

attrString.append(NSMutableAttributedString(string: "HULK HOGAN!",
                                            attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 40) ]))

Answer 3

Swift 4 Solution:

let attrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Presenting The Great...",
                                       attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 18)]);

attrString.append(NSMutableAttributedString(string: "HULK HOGAN!",
                                        attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 36)]));

Answer 4

You would do something like this…

NSMutableAttributedString *hogan = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Presenting the great... Hulk Hogan!"];
[hogan addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
              value:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:20.0]
              range:NSMakeRange(24, 11)];

This will set the last two words in 20-point text; the rest of the string will use the default value (which I believe is 12 points). The thing that might be confusing about setting the text size is that you have to set the typeface and the size at the same time—each UIFont object encapsulates both of those properties.