tkinter.font —- Tkinter font wrapper

Source code: Lib/tkinter/font.py

The tkinter.font module provides the Font class for creating and using named fonts.

The different font weights and slants are:

tkinter.font.NORMAL

tkinter.font.BOLD

tkinter.font.ITALIC

tkinter.font.ROMAN

class tkinter.font.Font(root=None, font=None, name=None, exists=False, *\options*)

The Font class represents a named font. Font instances are given unique names and can be specified by their family, size, and style configuration. Named fonts are Tk’s method of creating and identifying fonts as a single object, rather than specifying a font by its attributes with 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 if font is specified):

family - font family i.e. Courier, Times

size - font size

If size is positive it is interpreted as size in points.

If size 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 display when formatted in the current font. If no display is specified then the main 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.

  1. *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 a Font representation of a tk named font.