I’ve mentioned a few libraries for creating rich text, and here’s an excellent open source project that allows you to take things to another level allowing you to easily apply an outline, gradients, and shadows to your text.
The library is THLabel from Tobias Hagemann providing a subclass of UILabel that can be used to create rich text labels programmatically or by using interface builder.
Here’s an image showing off the different text enhancement features available with THLabel:
You can THLabel on Github here.
A nice easy library for creating labels with rich text.
- Library For A Custom iOS Text Label Supporting Rich Text Using An HTML Style Syntax
- Open Source Drop In UILabel Replacement Library For Easy Fancy Text With Gradients and Shadows
- Library For High Performance iOS UIImageView Effects – Beveling, Noise, Glows, Gradients And More
- Open Source Library For Easily Customizing UIKit Controls With Shadows, Gradients, And More
- Best Resources In iOS Development – April 23rd, 2012
Original article: Open Source Library For Creating Stylish UILabels – Outlines, Gradients, Shadows And More
©2013 iOS App Dev Libraries, Controls, Tutorials, Examples and Tools. All Rights Reserved.






