How To Create a font Chooser using Tkinter in python

Posted by Yashwant bisht on January 09, 2017 · 22 mins read
hello readers,

               today, we will discuss about how we can create an font chooser window for text editor. For this purpose i am going to use tkFont module. This module is very compatible for this purpose because with this module, we can change font configurations simply. So, here i am going to show you an Screenshots of Font selecting dialog box created by me.


And for this purpose first of all, copy all the codes given below
And save them in a text file as font box. py
Because we will use this script as a module.

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try:
    import Tkinter
except:
    import tkinter as Tkinter
import tkFont,ttk


class Font_wm(Tkinter.Toplevel):
    def __init__(self, Font=None):

        Tkinter.Toplevel.__init__(self)
        self.mainfont=Font
        self.title('Font ...')

        # Variable
        self.var=Tkinter.StringVar()# For Font Face
        self.var.set(self.mainfont.actual('family'))
        self.var1=Tkinter.IntVar()  # for Font Size
        self.var1.set(self.mainfont.actual('size'))
        self.var2=Tkinter.StringVar() # For Bold
        self.var2.set(self.mainfont.actual('weight'))
        self.var3=Tkinter.StringVar() # For Italic
        self.var3.set(self.mainfont.actual('slant'))
        self.var4=Tkinter.IntVar()# For Underline
        self.var4.set(self.mainfont.actual('underline'))
        self.var5=Tkinter.IntVar() # For Overstrike
        self.var5.set(self.mainfont.actual('overstrike'))


        # Font Sample
        self.font_1=tkFont.Font()
        for i in ['family', 'weight', 'slant', 'overstrike', 'underline', 'size']:
            self.font_1[i]=self.mainfont.actual(i)

        # Function
        def checkface(event):
            try:
                self.var.set(str(self.listbox.get(self.listbox.curselection())))
                self.font_1.config(family=self.var.get(), size=self.var1.get(), weight=self.var2.get(), slant=self.var3.get(), underline=self.var4.get(), overstrike=self.var5.get())
            except:
               pass
        def checksize(event):
            try:
                self.var1.set(int(self.size.get(self.size.curselection())))
                self.font_1.config(family=self.var.get(), size=self.var1.get(), weight=self.var2.get(), slant=self.var3.get(), underline=self.var4.get(), overstrike=self.var5.get())
            except:
                pass            
        def applied():
            self.result=(self.var.get(), self.var1.get(), self.var2.get(), self.var3.get(), self.var4.get(), self.var5.get())
            self.mainfont['family']=self.var.get()
            self.mainfont['size']=self.var1.get()
            self.mainfont['weight']=self.var2.get()
            self.mainfont['slant']=self.var3.get()
            self.mainfont['underline']=self.var4.get()
            self.mainfont['overstrike']=self.var5.get()
        def out():
            self.result=(self.var.get(), self.var1.get(), self.var2.get(), self.var3.get(), self.var4.get(), self.var5.get())
            self.mainfont['family']=self.var.get()
            self.mainfont['size']=self.var1.get()
            self.mainfont['weight']=self.var2.get()
            self.mainfont['slant']=self.var3.get()
            self.mainfont['underline']=self.var4.get()
            self.mainfont['overstrike']=self.var5.get()
            self.destroy()
        def end():
            self.result=None
            self.destroy()
            
        # Main window Frame
        self.mainwindow=ttk.Frame(self)
        self.mainwindow.pack(padx=10, pady=10)
        # Main LabelFrame
        self.mainframe=ttk.Frame(self.mainwindow)
        self.mainframe.pack(side='top',ipady=30, ipadx=30,expand='no', fill='both')
        self.mainframe0=ttk.Frame(self.mainwindow)
        self.mainframe0.pack(side='top', expand='yes', fill='x', padx=10, pady=10)
        self.mainframe1=ttk.Frame(self.mainwindow)
        self.mainframe1.pack(side='top',expand='no', fill='both')
        self.mainframe2=ttk.Frame(self.mainwindow)
        self.mainframe2.pack(side='top',expand='yes', fill='x', padx=10, pady=10)
        # Frame in [  main frame]
        self.frame=ttk.LabelFrame(self.mainframe, text='Select Font Face')
        self.frame.pack(side='left', padx=10, pady=10, ipadx=20, ipady=20, expand='yes', fill='both')
        self.frame1=ttk.LabelFrame(self.mainframe, text='Select Font size')
        self.frame1.pack(side='left', padx=10, pady=10, ipadx=20, ipady=20, expand='yes', fill='both')
        ttk.Entry(self.frame, textvariable=self.var).pack(side='top', padx=5, pady=5, expand='yes', fill='x')
        self.listbox=Tkinter.Listbox(self.frame, bg='gray70')
        self.listbox.pack(side='top', padx=5, pady=5, expand='yes', fill='both')
        for i in tkFont.families():
            self.listbox.insert(Tkinter.END, i)

        # Frame in [ 0. mainframe]
        self.bold=ttk.Checkbutton(self.mainframe0, text='Bold', onvalue='bold', offvalue='normal', variable=self.var2)
        self.bold.pack(side='left',expand='yes', fill='x')
        self.italic=ttk.Checkbutton(self.mainframe0, text='Italic', onvalue='italic', offvalue='roman',variable=self.var3)
        self.italic.pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x')
        self.underline=ttk.Checkbutton(self.mainframe0, text='Underline',onvalue=1, offvalue=0, variable=self.var4)
        self.underline.pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x')
        self.overstrike=ttk.Checkbutton(self.mainframe0, text='Overstrike',onvalue=1, offvalue=0, variable=self.var5)
        self.overstrike.pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x')
        
        # Frame in [ 1. main frame]
        ttk.Entry(self.frame1, textvariable=self.var1).pack(side='top', padx=5, pady=5, expand='yes', fill='x')
        self.size=Tkinter.Listbox(self.frame1, bg='gray70')
        self.size.pack(side='top', padx=5, pady=5, expand='yes', fill='both')
        for i in range(30):
            self.size.insert(Tkinter.END, i)

        Tkinter.Label(self.mainframe1, bg='white',text='''
ABCDEabcde12345
''', font=self.font_1).pack(expand='no', padx=10,pady=10)

        # Frame in [ 2. mainframe]
        ttk.Button(self.mainframe2, text='   OK   ', command=out).pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x', padx=5, pady=5)
        ttk.Button(self.mainframe2, text=' Cancel ', command=end).pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x', padx=5, pady=5)
        ttk.Button(self.mainframe2, text=' Apply  ', command=applied).pack(side='left', expand='yes', fill='x', padx=5, pady=5)
        
        self.listbox.bind('<<ListboxSelect>>', checkface)
        self.size.bind('<<ListboxSelect>>', checksize)

After This step, again copy all the codes given below and save them in a text file with extension py on the same directory  because we will import font box python script. Here , I saved this script as testfont.py

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from fontbox import *
try:
    import Tkinterex
cept:
    importt kinter as Tkinterimpo
rt tkFont


=rootTkinter.Tk()
font1=tkFont.Font()
Tkinter.Text(root,font=font1).pack()
Font_wm(Font=font1)
root.mainloop()
Now, Run this script and you will see an Font chooser with live demo.
You can also upgrade this code as your need.

Thanks For Support
Please, Feel Free To Leave A Comment If Our Article has Helped You.
Suraj
surajsinghbisht054@gmail.com
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