Idiots guide to fonts with tKinter

2005-08-04 Thread import newbie
Hi all, I'm a programming dabbler trying learn Python, and I've got a few questions. Mainly: Where can I find a good open-source library or tutorial (preferably free) that explains how to easily manipulate text in a tKinter window? Basically, I want to be able to do anything that HTML can do (or

Re: Idiots guide to fonts with tKinter

2005-08-04 Thread RangerElf
Well, all text classes in Tkinter can take a font=(...) argument to specify the face with which to display, for example: from tkinter import * label = Label(root, font=(Helvetica, bold, 13), ...) It's been a while since I've played with Tkinter, so I might be a little off on the exact

Re: Idiots guide to fonts with tKinter

2005-08-04 Thread James Stroud
No doubt you have found Fredrik Lundh's intro: http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/ You can get a long way with that and experimenting. Also, check out Tk: http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/Tcl-Tk_docs/tk8.0a1/contents.html If you can figure out how to translate the Tk