UILabel font size?

Question

I can't seem to modify the font size of a UILabel with the following code:

itemTitle.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:25];

As i increase the number 25 to something greater, it seems to only add a top margin to the label, which consequently pushes the text down so much, so that the text gets cut off at the bottom or completely overflows.

i have another UILabel elsewhere with systemFontOfSize 25, and it's much smaller than the itemTitle text. What's going on? Isn't 25 supposed to be an absolute value?

i am so confused on how to programmatically change font size of uilabels.

scottm · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07 19:54:07Z

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I have modified the UILabel by following code:

label.font=[label.font fontWithSize:25];

Try this and see whether is it working in your case or not???

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Tom Howard Over a year ago

label.font = label.font.fontWithSize(25) for Swift

Marcio Klepacz Over a year ago

Swift 3 label.font = label.font.withSize(25)

Rob Napier · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07 01:00:33Z

Check that your labels aren't set to automatically resize. In IB, it's called "Autoshrink" and is right beside the font setting. Programmatically, it's called adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth.

John Paul Manoza · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-18 09:59:38Z

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[label setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:9]];

this works for me.

answered Mar 18, 2013 at 9:59

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Kevin ABRIOUX · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-29 11:46:54Z

For Swift 3.1, Swift 4 and Swift 5, if you only want change the font size for a label :

let myLabel : UILabel = ... myLabel.font = myLabel.font.withSize(25)

Adrian P · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-25 12:04:44Z

You can set font size by these properties

timedisplayLabel= [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(70, 194, 180, 60)]; [timedisplayLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentLeft]; [timedisplayLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]]; [timedisplayLabel setAdjustsFontSizeToFitWidth:YES]; [timedisplayLabel setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]]; [timedisplayLabel setUserInteractionEnabled:NO]; [timedisplayLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"digital-7" size:60]]; timedisplayLabel.layer.shadowColor =[[UIColor whiteColor ]CGColor ]; timedisplayLabel.layer.shadowOffset=(CGSizeMake(0, 0)); timedisplayLabel.layer.shadowOpacity=1; timedisplayLabel.layer.shadowRadius=3.0; timedisplayLabel.layer.masksToBounds=NO; timedisplayLabel.shadowColor=[UIColor darkGrayColor]; timedisplayLabel.shadowOffset=CGSizeMake(0, 2);

Krunal · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-27 10:14:31Z

This worked for me in

Swift 3

label.font = label.font.fontWithSize(40.0)

Swift 4

label.font = label.font.withSize(40.0)

kleopatra · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 11:50:03Z

very simple, yet effective method to adjust the size of label text progmatically :-

label.font=[UIFont fontWithName:@"Chalkduster" size:36];

:-)

user2887097 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 14:48:39Z

This worked for me:

sequencerPlayLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:kTypeFont size:kTypeFontSize];

-rich

Christopher Wade Cantley · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-12 13:40:12Z

Answers above helped greatly.

Here is the Swift version.

@IBOutlet weak var priceLabel: UILabel! *.... lines of code later* self.priceLabel.font = self.priceLabel.font.fontWithSize(22)

Shanu Singh · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-05 06:26:15Z

In C# These ways you can Solve the problem, In UIkit these methods are available.

Label.Font = Label.Font.WithSize(5.0f); Or Label.Font = UIFont.FromName("Copperplate", 10.0f); Or Label.Font = UIFont.WithSize(5.0f);

scottm · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07 19:54:00Z

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Try to change your label frame size height and width so your text not cut.

 [label setframe:CGRect(x,y,widht,height)];

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