How to draw NSString at an angle?

Question

Is there a set of string attributes that I can specify that will draw text at an angle when I call:

[label drawAtPoint:textStart withAttributes:attributes]; 

Answer 1

Here is an example that uses a transform to rotate a drawing context. Essentially, this is exactly the same as setting the color or shadow, just use -concat instead of -set .

 CGFloat rotateDeg = 4.0f; NSAffineTransform *rotate = [[NSAffineTransform alloc] init]; [rotate rotateByDegrees:rotateDeg]; [rotate concat]; // Lock focus if needed and draw strings, images here. [rotate release]; 

Answer 2

NSString itself has no rotation, but you can rotate the context. The line will always be drawn “horizontally” as you move through the coordinate space, but what actual direction that matches depends on the context. Just use NSAffineTransform to unscrew it as needed.