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iOS: How to draw shadowed text
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ios_draw_shadowed_text.m
// How to draw shadowed text
// color = [[UIColor orangeColor] CGColor]; best to cache this
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGFloat shadowHeight = 2.0;
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(1.0, -shadowHeight), 0.0, <color>);
[<string>, drawInRect:<rect> withFont:<font>];
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
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