HOWTO: Set Main Application Font in PyGTK

[Google Mike]

This was a tough one (at least for me), and wasn't exactly what I
wanted when I was working on just setting on item's font, but shows
how you can change the font for an entire PyGTK application. I
stumbled on to it by accident.

Once you have your widget as, say, variable 'w', do this:

w.get_settings().set_string_property('gtk-font-name', 'sans normal
9','');
# some other font choices are:
# courier bold 10
# serif oblique 12
# you get the idea?

....I know, I know, it doesn't make sense to me either, but once you
attempt this on any widget in your project, the whole project changes
its fonts. At least it does with my project. Note I did my project in
Glade as one big Glade XML file, then loaded it in with PyGTK. I have
RH9 Linux and I'm using the defaults with that, which I think is
PyGTK2, Python 2.2, and Glade 2.

Anyway, I hope this helps you. Now if anyone knows how to change the
font and size on a single radio button in PyGTK, I welcome the
suggestion. I don't think it can be done.

 

[P]

if anyone knows how to change the
font and size on a single radio button in PyGTK, I welcome the
suggestion. I don't think it can be done.

You have read section 4 of the FAQ haven't you?
http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=index

Pádraig.

 

[Google Mike]

You have read section 4 of the FAQ haven't you?

http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=index

Pádraig.

This was extremely useful and had much more information that I found
useful than I expected! Why hadn't I known about it sooner??

 

[Google Mike]

Unfortunately, Pádraig, the main font change is the /only/ way to
change the font on a radio button item. The FAQ also mentions that
this is one of those things that cannot be changed individually.
However, the rest of the FAQ was very enlightening and helped me
complete my project, which was a user-friendly GUI front-end for
PostgreSQL that's way better than phpAdmin III.