Setting UILabel text to bold

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How do you set the text for a UILabel to bold in Swift programmatically? My code so far:

    var label = UILabel(frame:theFrame)
    label.text = "Foo"

Look at the docs for `UILabel`. Notice the `font` property. – rmaddy Jul 29 '14 at 22:10 — rmaddy, Jul 29 '14 at 22:10

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Use font property of UILabel:

label.font = UIFont(name:"HelveticaNeue-Bold", size: 16.0)

or use default system font to bold text:

label.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 16.0)

edited Nov 17 '19 at 11:26

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answered Jul 29 '14 at 22:13

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The second option is actually needed for me...thanks a ton.. – onCompletion Oct 31 '15 at 10:14
love the second option, entering the font name using a string without autocomplete can sometimes be a ....! cheers bud. – cmario Nov 23 '15 at 11:46

PiotrDomo · Answer 2 · 2014-07-29T22:22:28.233

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Use attributed string:

// Define attributes
let labelFont = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-Bold", size: 18)
let attributes :Dictionary = [NSFontAttributeName : labelFont]

// Create attributed string
var attrString = NSAttributedString(string: "Foo", attributes:attributes)
label.attributedText = attrString

You need to define attributes.

Using attributed string you can mix colors, sizes, fonts etc within one text

edited Jul 29 '14 at 22:22

answered Jul 29 '14 at 22:16

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Technically correct, but slightly overkill. – nhgrif Jul 29 '14 at 23:09
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To expand on nhgrif's comment. NSAttributedString makes sense in this case - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28496093/making-text-bold-using-attributed-string-in-swift – Nitin Nain Mar 20 '16 at 17:28

Setting UILabel text to bold

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