Dim l As Label
l.Initialize("")
Dim st As String = "Very short {b} Text {b} but i {b} want {b} to use Span!"
Dim at As AttributedStringPlus
at.Initialize( st.Replace("{b}","<b>"),Font.CreateNew(13),0xff424242)
l.AttributedText = at.FormatFont(Font.CreateNewBold(14),"<b>")