Really close lines with NSAttributedString?

Question

I want to have two lines of text appear really close together (small line spacing) for a button. I have the following code:

NSMutableAttributedString *string = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"50 WPM"];

NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragrapStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
paragrapStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
paragrapStyle.lineSpacing = -10;

[string addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragrapStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, string.length)];

UIFont *font1 = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:22.0];
[string addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:font1 range:NSMakeRange(0, string.length - 4)];

UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0];
[string addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:font range:NSMakeRange(string.length - 3, 3)];

[string addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor greenColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, string.length)];

[self.button setAttributedTitle:string forState:UIControlStateNormal];

But as linespacing can't be negative, it doesn't get nearly as close as I'd like it to be. It looks like this:

Is there any way to get them closer?

Answer 1

Well if you have an attribute string then everything should be possible. :) You just have to look more.

- (void)setMinimumLineHeight:(CGFloat)aFloat
- (void)setMaximumLineHeight:(CGFloat)aFloat

Try

[paragraphStyle setLineSpacing:0.0f];
[paragraphStyle setMaximumLineHeight:7.0f];

You will realise that maximumLineHeight is not maximumLineSpacing. ^^

This for example is with setMaximumLineHeight:12];