Make a Label Bold Tkinter

Question

How do I make a Label in Tkinter Bold ?

This is my code

labelPryProt=Label(frame1,text="TEXTTEXT")
labelPryProt.pack(side=LEFT,fill=BOTH,expand=False)
labelPryProt.configure(font=("Helvetica",BOLD, 18))#this is not working not making the text as bold

What is the error ?

Predella

no effect for the same – Predella

NameError: name 'bold' is not defined – Predella

Answer 1

You don't have to configure it separately, you can pass an argument when you are creating the widget:

labelPryProt = Label(frame1, text='TEXTTEXT', font='Helvetica 18 bold')

Brandabrandais

What if I have to change it later ? – Predella

Let's say I allow user to change the text type so how to configure that ? how to change it without declaring the variable again labelPryProt = Label() – Predella

Sure, than you'll have to configure it. labelPryProt.configure(font='Helvetica 18 bold') – Brandabrandais

@zzz123: the better solution is to use a font object, so you only have to change it in one place. See tkdocs.com/tutorial/fonts.html – Lolitaloll

This answer is definitely wrong. The question explicitly asks about making a tk Label bold. The answer here is about something else involving the Helvetica font and the font size 18. => -1 – Primordial

Answer 2

You have to put bold in quotes, like this: label = Label(frame1, text='Hello', font=('Helvetica', 18, 'bold')) . This method works for me.

Conceptionconceptual

Answer 3

Just put bold in the quotes, example : label = Label(frame1, text = "TEXTTEXT", font = ('Helvetica', 18, 'bold')) That work for me, configure also work but you have to make one more line of code. If you want, I can show you how to .configure: Just add this code : label.configure(font=("Helvetica","bold", 18))

Thanks. :)

Shammer

Here's your first upvote for suggesting .configure. Welcome to Stack Overflow. – Lubow

It should be label.configure(font=("Helvetica", 18, "bold")), not label.configure(font=("Helvetica","bold", 18)). – Idou

Answer 4

almost right! but replace font size with font type

tkinter.Label(frame1, text='Hello', font=('Helvetica', 18, 'bold'))

Placentation