Improving the look of tkinter fonts on a High DPI screen

Question

When using tkinter to create a more modern looking application, I looked to MS Word to inspire my design. Then I noticed that only when I'm using the application on a High DPI device that it looks so terrible.

Is there a way to compensate and make it look just as crisp?

NOTE: "Don't use tkinter" is not on the table.

Are you doing sing the default font? Have you tried using a different font? — Bryan Oakley, Sep 17 '16 at 22:07
The font used above is Segoe UI and I've tested the effect with Arial and Verdana too. — Hayden Ravenscroft, Sep 18 '16 at 00:20

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '16 at 19:09

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The best solution I have found for this is to create a custom widget using the WCK (Widget Construction Kit). Text displayed using this is automatically Anti-Aliased.

answered Sep 20 '16 at 19:09

Hayden Ravenscroft

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '21 at 17:05

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Try typing this at the beginning of your code

try:
    from ctypes import windll
    windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness(1)
except:
    pass

I think this will solve your problem.

answered Sep 12 '21 at 17:05

Anas Hamad

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Improving the look of tkinter fonts on a High DPI screen

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