How change the font of attributed string in iOS?

Question

I have added attributed string on label.I am displaying html text which works fine but by default it is always showing Times new roman family. Please tell how can i change text family.

NSAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithData:[inst.desc dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding] options:@{ NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType } documentAttributes:nil error:nil];

The fastest way would be to edit the `inst.desc` and add it there in HTML format style. Else, you would have to enumerate the whole attributed string for NSFontAttributeName. — Larme, Mar 17 '16 at 08:54

LorenzOliveto · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-17T09:35:53.217

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Try with this:

NSAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithData:[inst.desc dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding] options:@{ NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType } documentAttributes:nil error:nil];
NSMutableAttributedString *newString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:attributedString];
NSRange range = (NSRange){0,[newString length]};
[newString enumerateAttribute:NSFontAttributeName inRange:range options:NSAttributedStringEnumerationLongestEffectiveRangeNotRequired usingBlock:^(id value, NSRange range, BOOL *stop) {
    UIFont *replacementFont =  [UIFont fontWithName:@"Palatino-Roman" size:14.0];
    [newString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:replacementFont range:range];
}];
self.label.attributedText = newString;

edited Mar 17 '16 at 09:35

answered Mar 17 '16 at 09:11

LorenzOliveto

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Yes, you should add this after the allocation of the attributed string. Check my edited answer – LorenzOliveto Mar 17 '16 at 09:21
UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Palatino-Roman" size:14.0]; is my font it's font issue – Dheeraj Kumar Mar 17 '16 at 09:34
I can't understand what is your problem. – LorenzOliveto Mar 17 '16 at 09:36
I have added UIfont but [newString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:replacementFont range:range]; showing error of font – Dheeraj Kumar Mar 17 '16 at 09:39
What error is showing? – LorenzOliveto Mar 17 '16 at 09:40
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If there is bold or italic effect, this will "delete" it. – Larme Mar 17 '16 at 12:35

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 08:53

you can do like that:

NSDictionary *attrDict = @{
    NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:Arial size:16.0],
    NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor redColor]
};
 NSAttributedString *attrString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"string" attributes:attrDict];

How change the font of attributed string in iOS?

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