UILabel text with different font size and color

Question

Howto set different font size and color in a UILabel with Swift?

I need to color the first char of the string with different color and size than the rest of the string.

lifeisfoo · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-30T15:28:58.560

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Suppose you want to have a smaller and gray currency symbol like this:

Just use a NSMutableAttributedString object:

let amountText = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: "€ 60,00")

// set the custom font and color for the 0,1 range in string
amountText.setAttributes([NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFontOfSize(12), 
                              NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.grayColor()],
                         range: NSMakeRange(0, 1))
// if you want, you can add more attributes for different ranges calling .setAttributes many times

// set the attributed string to the UILabel object
myUILabel.attributedText = amountText

Swift 5.3:

let amountText = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: "€ 60,00")

// set the custom font and color for the 0,1 range in string
amountText.setAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 12),
                              NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.gray],
                             range: NSMakeRange(0, 1))
// if you want, you can add more attributes for different ranges calling .setAttributes many times
// set the attributed string to the UILabel object

// set the attributed string to the UILabel object
myUILabel.attributedText = amountText

edited Nov 30 '20 at 15:28

answered Jan 15 '16 at 14:46

lifeisfoo

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It's just a [Self-answer](http://stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer) – lifeisfoo Jan 15 '16 at 14:51
hello @lifeisfoo - this is not working – Parth Dhorda Nov 08 '19 at 05:46
Hi @ParthDhorda this code works nicely for this case and other developers found it useful. Probably your use case is a little bit different and you need to ask a specific question for it. – lifeisfoo Nov 12 '19 at 14:43
hi @lifeisfoo then only change is I am using this inside the tableview, not only your answers but none of the answers from the stackover flow works for me – Parth Dhorda Nov 12 '19 at 17:59
that's a further evidence that your problem needs a dedicated question on SO :) – lifeisfoo Nov 12 '19 at 18:17
I don't think this needs a dedicated question, as attributed text is gonna work same in label and inside the UITableView. – Parth Dhorda Nov 12 '19 at 18:50

UILabel text with different font size and color

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