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Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition

You're reading from   Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition Build nine projects by working with widgets, geometry management, event handling, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788837460
Length 422 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Bhaskar Chaudhary Bhaskar Chaudhary
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Meet Tkinter FREE CHAPTER 2. Making a Text Editor 3. Programmable Drum Machine 4. Game of Chess 5. Building an Audio Player 6. Paint Application 7. Piano Tutor 8. Fun with Canvas 9. Multiple Fun Projects 10. Miscellaneous Tips 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Many Tkinter widgets let you specify custom font specifications either at the time of widget creation or later by using the configure() option. For most cases, default fonts provide a standard look and feel. However, if you want to change font specifications, Tkinter lets you do so. There is one caveat, though.

When you specify your own font, you need to make sure that it looks good on all the platforms where your program is intended to be deployed because a font might look good on a particular platform, but it may look awful on another platform. Unless you know what you are doing, it is always advisable to stick to Tkinter's default fonts.

Most platforms have their own set of standard fonts that are used by the platform's native widgets. So, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel on what looks good on a given platform or what would be available for a...

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