Xcode: Stencil/Cut text out of an Image - ios

I have a custom UIImageView class which has the following method:
- (void) cutOutText:(NSString*)stringToStencil;
I want the method to mask the image in a way in which the text is cut out of the image. The result of the method is to have an opaque image with a the transparent text in the centre. So far I have the following:
NSMutableParagraphStyle *textStyle = [NSMutableParagraphStyle new];
[textStyle setAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
NSAttributedString *initialsString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString: stringToStencil,attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName:_initialsFont, NSForegroundColorAttributeName:_initialsTextColor, NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: textStyle}];
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.image.size, NO, 0.0f);
[self.image drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(0, 0)];
CGFloat fontHeight = _initialsFont.lineHeight;
CGFloat yOffset = (self.frame.size.height - fontHeight) / 2.0;
[initialsString drawInRect:CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, yOffset, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
UIImage *result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
self.image = result;
However this just prints the text onto the image. How do I create a mask and remove the text from the image instead?
Thanks
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But here's the trick - you need to specify a negative stroke width in order to get both the stroke and fill. If you go to the documentation for the NSStrokeWidthAttributeName key you will see the following (emphasis mine):
The value of this attribute is an NSNumber object containing a floating-point value. This value represents the amount to change the stroke width and is specified as a percentage of the font point size. Specify 0 (the default) for no additional changes. Specify positive values to change the stroke width alone. Specify negative values to stroke and fill the text. For example, a typical value for outlined text would be 3.0.
So changing your stroke width to a negative number gives you the desired effect.
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