// NSAttributedString

TTTAttributedLabel *attributedLabel = [[TTTAttributedLabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];

NSAttributedString *attString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Tom Bombadil"
                                                                attributes:@{
        (id)kCTForegroundColorAttributeName : (id)[UIColor redColor].CGColor,
        NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16],
        NSKernAttributeName : [NSNull null],
        (id)kTTTBackgroundFillColorAttributeName : (id)[UIColor greenColor].CGColor
}];

// The attributed string is directly set, without inheriting any other text
// properties of the label.
attributedLabel.text = attString;

// NSString

TTTAttributedLabel *label = [[TTTAttributedLabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];
label.textColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
label.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
label.numberOfLines = 0;

// If you're using a simple `NSString` for your text, 
// assign to the `text` property last so it can inherit other label properties.
NSString *text = @"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
[label setText:text afterInheritingLabelAttributesAndConfiguringWithBlock:^ NSMutableAttributedString *(NSMutableAttributedString *mutableAttributedString) {
  NSRange boldRange = [[mutableAttributedString string] rangeOfString:@"ipsum dolor" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
  NSRange strikeRange = [[mutableAttributedString string] rangeOfString:@"sit amet" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];

  // Core Text APIs use C functions without a direct bridge to UIFont. See Apple's "Core Text Programming Guide" to learn how to configure string attributes.
  UIFont *boldSystemFont = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14];
  CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateWithName((__bridge CFStringRef)boldSystemFont.fontName, boldSystemFont.pointSize, NULL);
  if (font) {
    [mutableAttributedString addAttribute:(NSString *)kCTFontAttributeName value:(__bridge id)font range:boldRange];
    [mutableAttributedString addAttribute:kTTTStrikeOutAttributeName value:@YES range:strikeRange];
    CFRelease(font);
  }

  return mutableAttributedString;
}];

label.enabledTextCheckingTypes = NSTextCheckingTypeLink; // Automatically detect links when the label text is subsequently changed
label.delegate = self; // Delegate methods are called when the user taps on a link (see `TTTAttributedLabelDelegate` protocol)

label.text = @"Fork me on GitHub! (http://github.com/mattt/TTTAttributedLabel/)"; // Repository URL will be automatically detected and linked

NSRange range = [label.text rangeOfString:@"me"];
[label addLinkToURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://github.com/mattt/"] withRange:range]; // Embedding a custom link in a substring