diff --git a/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/attributed-strings-tests.factor b/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/attributed-strings-tests.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Slava Pestov.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: tools.test core-foundation.attributed-strings
+core-foundation ;
+IN: core-foundation.attributed-strings.tests
+
+[ ] [ "Hello world" { } <CFAttributedString> CFRelease ] unit-test
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diff --git a/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/attributed-strings.factor b/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/attributed-strings.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Slava Pestov.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: alien.syntax kernel core-foundation
+core-foundation.strings core-foundation.dictionaries ;
+IN: core-foundation.attributed-strings
+
+TYPEDEF: void* CFAttributedStringRef
+
+FUNCTION: CFAttributedStringRef CFAttributedStringCreate (
+   CFAllocatorRef alloc,
+   CFStringRef str,
+   CFDictionaryRef attributes
+) ;
+
+: <CFAttributedString> ( string alist -- alien )
+    [ <CFString> ] [ <CFDictionary> ] bi*
+    [ [ kCFAllocatorDefault ] 2dip CFAttributedStringCreate ]
+    [ [ CFRelease ] bi@ ]
+    2bi ;
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diff --git a/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/authors.txt b/basis/core-foundation/attributed-strings/authors.txt
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+Slava Pestov
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