How do you adjust text kerning using Interface Builder in Xcode 7?

Question

There are a myriad of settings for NSAttributedParagraphStyle that I can see in Interface Builder:

Answer 1

Create a subclass of UILabel call it KerningLabel have it be comprised of the following code:

import UIKit

@IBDesignable
class KerningLabel: UILabel {

    @IBInspectable var kerning: CGFloat = 0.0 {
        didSet {
            if attributedText?.length == nil { return }

            let attrStr = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: attributedText!)
            let range = NSMakeRange(0, attributedText!.length)
            attrStr.addAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.kern: kerning], range: range)
            attributedText = attrStr
        }
    }
}

Drag out a label. Change it to your UILabel subclass. Adjust the kerning as desired.

In obj-c:

.h

IB_DESIGNABLE
@interface KerningLabel : UILabel

@property (nonatomic) IBInspectable CGFloat kerning;

@end

.m

@implementation KerningLabel

- (void)setKerning:(CGFloat)kerning
{
    _kerning = kerning;
    if(self.attributedText)
    {
        NSMutableAttributedString *attribString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithAttributedString:self.attributedText];
        [attribString addAttribute:NSKernAttributeName value:@(kerning) range:NSMakeRange(0, self.attributedText.length)];
        self.attributedText = attribString;
    }
}

@end