+ (NSAttributedString*)attributeString:(NSString*)string color:(NSColor*)color font:(NSFont*)font alignment:(NSTextAlignment)alignment
{
NSColor *txtColor = color;
NSFont *txtFont = font;
NSDictionary *txtDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
txtFont, NSFontAttributeName, txtColor, NSForegroundColorAttributeName, nil];
NSMutableAttributedString *attrStr = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]
initWithString:string attributes:txtDict] ;
[attrStr setAlignment:alignment range:NSMakeRange(0, attrStr.length)];
return attrStr ;
}