Where do I find what colors and fonts are available?

[klappnase]

> 
> I didn't mention it in my original post, but I do need platform
> independence.  I want to choose fonts and colors that will work with
> Windows or linux.  So I need a way of knowing what my options are, i.e.,
> what colornames and fonts are available, both on my system and other
> peoples systems.  For example, "blue" is always available, but "salmon"
> may not be.
> "courier" is probably always available, but "Bookman Old Style" may not
> be.
> 
> At the moment I don't even know what's available on my own system, let
> alone other people's, and I have not found this info in any
> documentation.
> 
> Does Tkinter include its own fonts and colors?  If so, where do I find
> their names?  If not, same question anyway.
> 
> m

As far as colors are concerned I think it might be easiest to use
hexadecimal color descriptors if you are uncertain, like bg='#ff0000'
instead of 'red' .

Michael