http://purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/font.htm ---- The way I understand the above doc and various writing on the subject, the font command is a way to abstract out font information. You create a font ''object'' which then can be used with your various [widget]s. By manipulating the font object, you can influence the fonts used in all widgets using that font object. Does anyone have some sample code that uses the Tk [option] command and font objects to set various widgets? How does one deal with '''language''' issues along with fonts - so that the user can change languages, and the appropriate fonts are used? Are there color objects as well? ---- This command encapsulates a huge amount of knowledge that's difficult to locate otherwise. The newsgroup thread [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&frame=right&th=da7154f3dad32ca9] explains several key points about practices under Microsoft Windows which we'll eventually transcribe here. ---- Here's how to change a font to italic without having to specify it in full (e.g. if you otherwise want to use the default settings): button .b ;# as guinea pig for testing array set attributes [font actual [.b cget -font]] set attributes(-slant) italic set font [eval font create [array get attributes]] .b configure -font $font Found by [Pat Thoyts] in the [Tcl chatroom]. I think you can even bypass the "font create" bit and directly say .b configure -font [array get attributes] ;# RS ---- ---- A frequently-asked question: how do I specify a default menu (for example) font? The answer: use the [option database], as in option add *Menu.font $my_preferred_font ---- "[Practical Guide to Choosing Fonts]" "[Changing all fonts in an application]" "[How does one change the font in the wish widgets]" ---- [Tk syntax help] - [Arts and crafts of Tcl-Tk programming] - [Category Command]