AttributedString — Making Text More Beautiful Than Ever

fatbobman ( 东坡肘子)
15 min readApr 7, 2023
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

At WWDC 2021, Apple introduced a long-awaited feature for developers — AttributedString, which means Swift developers no longer need to use Objective-C-based NSAttributedString to create styled text. This article will provide a comprehensive introduction to AttributedString and demonstrate how to create custom attributes.

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First Impression

AttributedString is a string with attributes for a single character or character range. Attributes provide features such as visual styles for display, accessibility guidance, and hyperlink data for linking between data sources.

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