UILabel font size?

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.

Solution 1:

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???

Solution 2:

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.

Solution 3:

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

this works for me.

Solution 4:

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)