"tkinter.font" --- Tkinter font wrapper
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**Source code:** Lib/tkinter/font.py

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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.

   Changed in version 3.10: Two fonts now compare equal ("==") only
   when both are "Font"   instances with the same name belonging to
   the same Tcl interpreter.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, for example, 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 actual attributes of the font, which may differ from
      the requested ones because of platform limitations. With no
      *option*, return a dictionary of all the attributes; if *option*
      is given, return the value of that single attribute.

   cget(option)

      Retrieve an attribute of the font.

   configure(**options)

      Modify one or more attributes of the font. With no arguments,
      return a dictionary of the current attributes.

      "config()" is an alias of "configure()".

   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, as an integer number
      of pixels. If no display is specified then the main application
      window is assumed.

   metrics(*options, **kw)

      Return font-specific data. With no options, return a dictionary
      mapping each metric name to its integer value; if one option
      name is given, return that metric's value as an integer. 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 a tuple of the names of the available font families.

tkinter.font.names(root=None)

   Return a tuple of the names of all the defined fonts.

tkinter.font.nametofont(name, root=None)

   Return a "Font" representation of the existing named font *name*.
   *root* is the widget whose Tcl interpreter owns the font; if
   omitted, the default root window is used.

   Changed in version 3.10: The *root* parameter was added.
