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How to control the line spacing in UILabel

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Is line spacing the same as line height?

Line spacing is the amount of space between lines of text within a paragraph, the property set by “line-height” in HTML code. Line spacing is expressed in HTML as a number value or factor of the font size, such as 1.5× or 150%. As an example: 1.5× line height on size 12 text is 18 (by math 12 × 1.5).


In Xcode 6 you can do this in the storyboard:

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I thought about adding something new to this answer, so I don't feel as bad... Here is a Swift answer:

import Cocoa

let paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = 40

let attrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Swift Answer")
attrString.addAttribute(.paragraphStyle, value:paragraphStyle, range:NSMakeRange(0, attrString.length))

var tableViewCell = NSTableCellView()
tableViewCell.textField.attributedStringValue = attrString

"Short answer: you can't. To change the spacing between lines of text, you will have to subclass UILabel and roll your own drawTextInRect, or create multiple labels."

See: Set UILabel line spacing


This is a really old answer, and other have already addded the new and better way to handle this.. Please see the up to date answers provided below.


Starting from iOS 6 you can set an attributed string to the UILabel. Check the following :

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:label.text];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = spacing;
[attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragraphStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, label.text.length)];

label.attributedText = attributedString;

The solutions stated here didn't work for me. I found a slightly different way to do it with the iOS 6 NSAttributeString:

myLabel.numberOfLines = 0; 
NSString* string = @"String with line one. \n Line two. \n Line three.";
NSMutableParagraphStyle *style  = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
style.minimumLineHeight = 30.f;
style.maximumLineHeight = 30.f;
NSDictionary *attributtes = @{NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : style,};
myLabel.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string
                                                         attributes:attributtes];   
[myLabel sizeToFit];