On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 09:08:01PM EST, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:48:47 +0000, Cousin Stanley wrote: > > > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > > >> I have a tkinter application under Python 2.6 which is shows text in a > >> giant font, about twenty(?) times larger than expected. > >> > >> The fonts are set using: > >> > >> titlefont = '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-180-*' > >> buttonfont = '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-140-*' > >> labelfont = '-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-140-*' > >> .... > > > > Although I've been a linux user for several years, that type of font > > spec hurts my head .... :-) > > > > Will the more simplistic type of tuple spec not work in your tkinter > > application ? > > I don't know, but I'll give it a try. > > Nevertheless, I'd like to learn how to diagnose these sorts of font > issues. Can anyone suggest where I should start?
First of all, you need to know precisely what the above font name coding means. Chapter 6 of O'Reilly's ‘The X Window System's User Guide’, provides a brief but fairly thorough introduction. In relation to your problem, see in particular the discussion of the use of wild cards and such aspects as pixel size and vertical/horizontal resolution. You can download a scanned pdf of this book free of charge here: http://www.archive.org/details/xwindowsytemosf03querarch Have fun, cj -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
