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This is my first time ever asking a question here, I've done my best to avoid it as much as I could up until this point, but I have reached a wall where I feel that I have explored all avenues for google searching and reading.

I am using tkinter library in python. My goal is to have a window instantiate and refresh with new text every second. The issue with my code is that the text (probably by default?) is extremely small. I want the text to fit the window at all times. Additionally, I want the text size to grow or shrink (still fitting) when the window is adjusted by the user. This is my current tkinter code:

import tkinter as tk
try:
    import tkFont
except:
    from tkinter import font as tkFont


class display(tk.Tk):
    def __init__(self):    
        tk.Tk.__init__(self)
        self.font = tkFont.Font(size = 10)
        self.label = tk.Label(self, width=10, height=10)
        self.label.pack()
        self.update()


    def update(self):
        self.label.configure(font = self.font, text="I want some font right here")
        self.font = tkFont.Font(size = (-1 * round(self.winfo_height() - 100)))
        self.after(1000, self.update)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = display()
    root.mainloop()

I am probably already doing some funky things. Any help is greatly appreciated. I will respond to any follow-up questions anyone may have.

Aaron
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I know that this question refers to resizing fonts but I came across it looking for a way resize the Text widget. Perhaps this would be useful to someone. After reading through tcl docs I found that you can use expand and fill in the geometry manager like so: 

somewidget.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)

Apply the same to the parent and child if needed.

MBT
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