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:
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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 nameexists - self points to existing named font if trueadditional keyword options (ignored if font is specified):
family - font family i.e. Courier, Timessize - font sizeIf size is positive it is interpreted as size in points.If size is a negative number its absolute value is treatedas size in pixels.weight - font emphasis (NORMAL, BOLD)slant - ROMAN, ITALICunderline - font underlining (0 - none, 1 - underline)overstrike - font strikeout (0 - none, 1 - strikeout)-
actual
(option=None, displayof=None)¶ Return the attributes of the font.
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cget
(option)¶ Retrieve an attribute of the font.
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config
(**options)¶ Modify attributes of the font.
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copy
()¶ Return new instance of the current font.
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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.
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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
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tkinter.font.
families
(root=None, displayof=None)¶ Return the different font families.
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tkinter.font.
names
(root=None)¶ Return the names of defined fonts.