Cocoa Programming for OS X: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Drawing Strings and Attributed Strings

Both NSString and NSAttributedString have methods that cause them to be drawn onto a view. NSAttributedString has the following methods:

func drawAtPoint(point: NSPoint)

Draws the attributed string. point is the lower-left corner of the string.

func drawInRect(rect: NSRect)

Draws the attributed string; all drawing occurs inside rect. If rect is too small for the string to fit, the drawing is clipped to fit inside rect.

var size: NSSize { get }

Returns the size in points that the attributed string would be if drawn.

NSString has analogous methods. With NSString, you need to supply a dictionary of attributes to be applied for the entire string.

func drawAtPoint(point: ...