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Ravi Raman
Ravi Raman

Reputation: 1070

Shadow effect for NSString

I want to apply shadow effect to text of type NSString. Though I understand how to apply shadow effect to UILabel and other view elements, I can't figure out a way of adding shadow effect to text.

I am currently drawing text as follows:

NSString *text = @"Hello";
[text drawAtPoint:point width withFont:font minFontSize:22.0f actualFontSize:&actualFontSize lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeTailTruncation baselineAdjustment:UIBaselineAdjustmentAlignBaselines];

I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 496

Answers (1)

Sumanth
Sumanth

Reputation: 4921

Try CGContextSetShadow() for adding shadow to text

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect 
{
NSString *string = @"Hello World!";

CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetShadow(context, CGSizeMake(20.0f, 20.0f), 10.0f);

[string drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(100.0f, 100.0f) withFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:36.0f]];
}

Upvotes: 2

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