Question

I need to format text in a label like this:

username: some text from this user. This will
create additional lines of text that will go
on and on and on.

Where “username” is bold. This will go into a UILabel, which is in a custom table cell. Is there a way to get this type of layout?

Answer 1

For this relatively simple case, you might be able to fake it. Have one label with the bold username, and another label with the plain text in the same position. Insert enough spaces before the plain text to leave room for the username. You can use UIStringDrawing methods to measure the bold text and the spaces.

CGSize usernameSize = [theUsername sizeWithFont:theBoldUsernameFont];
CGSize spaceSize = [@" " sizeWithFont:thePlainCommentFont];
NSString *indentedComment = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%*s%@" , (int)ceil( usernameSize.width / spaceSize.width ) , "" , theComment];