如果你不想或需要在Storyboard中使用@IBInspectable / @IBDesignable UILabel(我认为那些渲染太慢了)，那么使用UIEdgeInsets而不是4个不同的cgfloat会更干净。

Swift 4.2的代码示例:

class UIPaddedLabel: UILabel {
    var padding = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)

    public override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        super.drawText(in: rect.inset(by: padding))
    }

    public override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        let size = super.intrinsicContentSize
        return CGSize(width: size.width + padding.left + padding.right,
                      height: size.height + padding.top + padding.bottom)
    }
}

Swift 3代码及其实现示例

class UIMarginLabel: UILabel {

    var topInset:       CGFloat = 0
    var rightInset:     CGFloat = 0
    var bottomInset:    CGFloat = 0
    var leftInset:      CGFloat = 0

    override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        let insets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: self.topInset, left: self.leftInset, bottom: self.bottomInset, right: self.rightInset)
        self.setNeedsLayout()
        return super.drawText(in: UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets))
    }
}

class LabelVC: UIViewController {

    //Outlets
    @IBOutlet weak var labelWithMargin: UIMarginLabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        //Label settings.
        labelWithMargin.leftInset = 10
        view.layoutIfNeeded()
    }
}

不要忘记在故事板标签对象中添加类名UIMarginLabel。 编码快乐!

我在公认的答案中略加修改。有一个问题，当左tinset和右tinset增加时，一部分文字会消失，b/c标签的宽度会变窄，但高度没有增加，如图所示:

要解决这个问题，你需要重新计算文本的高度，如下所示:

@IBDesignable class PaddingLabel: UILabel {

  @IBInspectable var topInset: CGFloat = 20.0
  @IBInspectable var bottomInset: CGFloat = 20.0
  @IBInspectable var leftInset: CGFloat = 20.0
  @IBInspectable var rightInset: CGFloat = 20.0

  override func drawTextInRect(rect: CGRect) {
    let insets = UIEdgeInsets(top: topInset, left: leftInset, bottom: bottomInset, right: rightInset)
    super.drawTextInRect(UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets))
  }

  override func intrinsicContentSize() -> CGSize {
    var intrinsicSuperViewContentSize = super.intrinsicContentSize()

    let textWidth = frame.size.width - (self.leftInset + self.rightInset)
    let newSize = self.text!.boundingRectWithSize(CGSizeMake(textWidth, CGFloat.max), options: NSStringDrawingOptions.UsesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: self.font], context: nil)
    intrinsicSuperViewContentSize.height = ceil(newSize.size.height) + self.topInset + self.bottomInset

    return intrinsicSuperViewContentSize
  }
}

和结果:

我希望能帮助一些和我处境相同的人。

一个实用的解决方案是添加与主标签高度和颜色相同的空白标签。将主标签的前导/尾距设置为零，对齐垂直中心，并设置所需的宽度。

只需使用一个UIView作为一个superview，并定义一个固定的边距标签与自动布局。

只需要使用UIButton，它已经内置了。关闭所有额外的按钮功能，你有一个标签，你可以设置边缘instets。

let button = UIButton()
button.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 5, left: 5, bottom: 5, right: 5)
button.setTitle("title", for: .normal)
button.tintColor = .white // this will be the textColor
button.isUserInteractionEnabled = false