Swift How to calculate one line text height from its font
I have been searching for a way to do that and find this answer where it has a String
extension to calculate the size for the string and a given font. I have modified it to do what I want (get the line height of text written using a font.):
extension UIFont {
func calculateHeight(text: String, width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
let constraintRect = CGSize(width: width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
let boundingBox = text.boundingRect(with: constraintRect,
options: NSStringDrawingOptions.usesLineFragmentOrigin,
attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: self],
context: nil)
return boundingBox.height
}
}
I hope this helps someone looking for it. (may be myself in the future).
UIFont
has a property lineHeight
:
if let font = _textView.font {
let height = font.lineHeight
}
where font is your font