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:

- (void)drawAtPoint:(NSPoint)aPoint

Draws the receiver. aPoint is the lower-left corner of the string.

- (void)drawInRect:(NSRect)rect

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

- (NSSize)size

Returns the size that the receiver 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.

- (void)drawAtPoint:(NSPoint)aPoint
     withAttributes:(NSDictionary *)attribs

Draws the receiver with the attributes in attribs.