CTkFont

There are two methods in CustomTkinter to set a font. The first one is by creating a tuple of the form:

button = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, font=("<family name>", <size in px>, "<optional keywords>"))

This font can not be configured afterwards. The optional keywords can be normal/bold, roman/italic, underline and overstrike.

The better way is to create a CTkFont object, which can be modified afterwards and can be used for multiple widgets:

button = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, font=customtkinter.CTkFont(family="<family name>", size=<size in px>, <optional keyword arguments>))

button.cget("font").configure(size=new_size)  # configure font afterwards

All widgets get a CTkFont object by default, so configuring the font of a widget is possible by default.

A font object can also be applied to multiple widgets, and if it gets configured, the changes get passed to all widgets using this font:

my_font = customtkinter.CTkFont(family="<family name>", size=<size in px>, <optional keyword arguments>)

button_1 = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, font=my_font)
button_2 = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, font=my_font)

my_font.configure(family="new name")  # changes apply to button_1 and button_2

Arguments

argument	value
family	The font family name as a string.
size	The font height as an integer in pixel.
weight	'bold' for boldface, 'normal' for regular weight.
slant	'italic' for italic, 'roman' for unslanted.
underline	True for underlined text, False for normal.
overstrike	True for overstruck text, False for normal.

Methods

• .configure(attribute=value, ...)

  All attributes can be configured and get updated.

• .cget(attribute_name)

  Pass attribute name as string and get current value of attribute.

• .measure(text)

  Pass this method a string, and it will return the number of pixels of width that string will take in the font.

• .metrics(option)

  If you call this method with no arguments, it returns a dictionary of all the font metrics. You can retrieve the value of just one metric by passing its name as an argument. Metrics include:

  ascent: Number of pixels of height between the baseline and the top of the highest ascender.

  descent: Number of pixels of height between the baseline and the bottom of the lowest ascender.

  fixed: This value is 0 for a variable-width font and 1 for a monospaced font.

  linespace: Number of pixels of height total. This is the leading of type set solid in the given font.