[Tkinter-discuss] Re: How to change font sizes in a Tkinter app

[stewart at midtoad.homelinux.org]

Quoting Martin Franklin <mfranklin1 at gatwick.westerngeco.slb.com>:

> If the Toplevel menu is a Menu object then the font option is ignored
> on windows it's items font may be set though.
> 
> If however Menubutton is used then the font option is honoured.
> 
> Pmw.MenuBar uses Menubutton


I'll bet you can't find this kind of useful detail in most of the tutorials. 
And it's exactly those little details that trip you up when attempting something
new.  Which is why a recipe collection of how-tos for typical tasks is a good idea. 

cheers
Stewart