tkinter.font — Tkinter font wrapper

Source code:Lib/tkinter/font.py

Thetkinter.font module provides theFont class for creatingand using named fonts.

The different font weights and slants are:

tkinter.font.NORMAL
tkinter.font.BOLD
tkinter.font.ITALIC
tkinter.font.ROMAN
classtkinter.font.Font(root=None,font=None,name=None,exists=False,**options)

TheFont class represents a named font.Font instances are givenunique names and can be specified by their family, size, and styleconfiguration. Named fonts are Tk’s method of creating and identifyingfonts as a single object, rather than specifying a font by its attributeswith each occurrence.

arguments:

font - font specifier tuple (family, size, options)
name - unique font name
exists - self points to existing named font if true

additional keyword options (ignored iffont is specified):

family - font family i.e. Courier, Times
size - font size
Ifsize is positive it is interpreted as size in points.
Ifsize is a negative number its absolute value is treated
as size in pixels.
weight - font emphasis (NORMAL, BOLD)
slant - ROMAN, ITALIC
underline - font underlining (0 - none, 1 - underline)
overstrike - font strikeout (0 - none, 1 - strikeout)
actual(option=None,displayof=None)

Return the attributes of the font.

cget(option)

Retrieve an attribute of the font.

config(**options)

Modify attributes of the font.

copy()

Return new instance of the current font.

measure(text,displayof=None)

Return amount of space the text would occupy on the specified displaywhen formatted in the current font. If no display is specified then themain application window is assumed.

metrics(*options,**kw)

Return font-specific data.Options include:

ascent - distance between baseline and highest point that a

character of the font can occupy

descent - distance between baseline and lowest point that a

character of the font can occupy

linespace - minimum vertical separation necessary between any two

characters of the font that ensures no vertical overlap between lines.

fixed - 1 if font is fixed-width else 0

tkinter.font.families(root=None,displayof=None)

Return the different font families.

tkinter.font.names(root=None)

Return the names of defined fonts.

tkinter.font.nametofont(name)

Return aFont representation of a tk named font.