Letterpress effect for UILabel in iOS 7 SDK

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In the WWDC 2013 videos they show that a developer can use a letterpress effect on text. Does anyone have any example code of how to do this/how to do this with a UILabel?

Can you please accept the answer so it helps other as well? Thanks. — Amit, Oct 11 '13 at 19:40

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '13 at 21:36

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They've made it pretty simple now.

//Use any font you want or skip defining it
UIFont* font = [UIFont preferredFontForTextStyle:UIFontTextStyleHeadline];

//Use any color you want or skip defining it
UIColor* textColor = [UIColor blueColor];

NSDictionary *attrs = @{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor,
                                NSFontAttributeName : font,
                          NSTextEffectAttributeName : NSTextEffectLetterpressStyle};

NSAttributedString* attrString = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
                                   initWithString:note.title
                                       attributes:attrs];

myTextLabel.attributedText = attrString;

answered Oct 06 '13 at 21:36

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Is it possible to do this with a UIButton? – Adam Carter Oct 21 '13 at 14:13
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Yes. You can use - (void)setAttributedTitle:(NSAttributedString *)title forState:(UIControlState)state – Amit Oct 23 '13 at 20:14
Thank you, it's working now I had a related error which prevented it from showing – Adam Carter Oct 24 '13 at 00:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '13 at 16:01

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It's part of NSAttributedString UIKitAdditions

answered Sep 20 '13 at 16:01

Abizern

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That's not an answer. – pedroremedios Sep 27 '13 at 17:55

Letterpress effect for UILabel in iOS 7 SDK

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