Why Does Kerning fail for NSAttributedString in IOS7

Question

My app has a UILabel formatted as an NSAttributedString with the attribute: \'NSKernAttributeName @1.9,\'

1. When the below code is compiled on iPad running

Answer 1

OK. I had the same problem (see comment above). It depends on the font (I used Courier as well). For some strange reason Courier does not support kerning (in iOS7!). Use CourierNewPSMT and everything works as expected .... at least for me.

BTW: Here is a nice list of fonts on the iphone: http://iosfonts.com/