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Summary:
The documentation for UITextField's -attributedPlaceholder method states: "If set, the placeholder string is drawn using a 70% grey color and the remaining style information (except the text color) of the attributed string." At least as of iOS 7, this differs from actual behavior in two ways:

1. It is in fact possible to change the text color of the string by using -attributedPlaceholder and NSForegroundColorAttributeName.
2. Changing the attributed string's font using NSFontAttributeName does not have any effect.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a UITextField.
2. Call that text field's -attributedPlaceholder method:

self.textField.attributedPlaceholder = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"lorem ipsum" attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-ThinItalic" size:24.0f], NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor redColor]}];

Expected Results:
The text field displays the text in a 70% grey color, with the text set in the font specified by NSFontAttributeName.

Actual Results:
The text field displays the text in the color specified by NSForegroundColorAttributeName, with the text set in whatever -font returns.

Version:
UITextField Class Reference: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITextField_Class/Reference/UITextField.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006888-CH3-SW56