In this question, 0x90 provides a solution that – although a bit ugly – does what I want. Specifically, it deals correctly with the situation that a single word does not fit the width at the initial font size. I’ve slightly modified the code so that it works as a category on NSString:
- (CGFloat)fontSizeWithFont:(UIFont *)font constrainedToSize:(CGSize)size {
CGFloat fontSize = [font pointSize];
CGFloat height = [self sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(size.width,FLT_MAX) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;
UIFont *newFont = font;
//Reduce font size while too large, break if no height (empty string)
while (height > size.height && height != 0) {
fontSize--;
newFont = [UIFont fontWithName:font.fontName size:fontSize];
height = [self sizeWithFont:newFont constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(size.width,FLT_MAX) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;
};
// Loop through words in string and resize to fit
for (NSString *word in [self componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]]) {
CGFloat width = [word sizeWithFont:newFont].width;
while (width > size.width && width != 0) {
fontSize--;
newFont = [UIFont fontWithName:font.fontName size:fontSize];
width = [word sizeWithFont:newFont].width;
}
}
return fontSize;
}
To use it with a UILabel:
CGFloat fontSize = [label.text fontSizeWithFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:15] constrainedToSize:label.frame.size];
label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:fontSize];
EDIT: Fixed the code to initialize newFont with font. Fixes a crash under certain circumstances.